1
Paul Bunyan State Forest
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
18,194 acres16.1 mi of trail
North Country Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
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Outdoors · Thorpe
Thorpe, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 80% of Thorpe is conserved land, roughly 18,201 acres. There are about 19 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Paul Bunyan State Forest (16.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Thorpe, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Thorpe outdoors
Conserved land
80%
18,201 of 22,849 acres
Trails
19 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 16 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
named on the map
Bike routes
1.5 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 1.5 mi off-road paths
Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
2
Big Mantrap WMA
Managed by Minnesota DNR
48 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land
18,201 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths1.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Next door
Thorpe and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thorpe | 79.7% | 18.8 mi | 2 |
| Steamboat River | 86.5% | 8.3 mi | 2 |
| Clay | 4.6% | 24.9 mi | 2 |
| Mantrap | 15.5% | 6.4 mi | 2 |
| Hendrickson | 29.8% | 13.1 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Thorpe's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.
Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.
How we measure
"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 20-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.