Outdoors · Toqua

Toqua, MN parks, trails & bike paths

About 23% of Toqua is conserved land, roughly 5,034 acres. There are about 2.7 miles of mapped trails.

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Toqua, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Toqua outdoors

Conserved land
23%
5,034 of 22,289 acres
Trails
2.7 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
5
named on the map
Bike routes
5.5 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 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

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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.
1

WPA

Nature preserve
388 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
2

Taffe Wildlife Management Area

Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
238 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3

Skoog Wildlife Management Area

Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
189 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4

Allen Wildlife Management Area

Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
45 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

5,034 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
5,029 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)
731 ac
State fish & wildlife
495 ac
Other state land
48 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 3,269 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.

Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes5.5 mi
Public lands

The biggest protected places in Toqua

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 3,284 acResource Management Area 2,525 acState Conservation Area 495 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Big Stone County Waterfowl Production AreaResource Management AreaU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service2,525Restricted
Taffe State Wildlife Management AreaState Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife235Restricted
Skoog State Wildlife Management AreaState Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife189Restricted
Allen State Wildlife Management AreaState Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife45Restricted
Mallard Hole State Wildlife Management AreaState Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife26Restricted
Nearby

Toqua and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Toqua22.6%2.7 mi5
Graceville3.3%1.5 mi5
Browns Valley7.6%5.3 mi4
Parnell7%5.9 mi3
Prior8.6%5.3 mi2
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Toqua'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.

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