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Traverse, MN parks, trails & bike paths

About 1% of Traverse is conserved land, roughly 150 acres. Traverse has 3 named parks and preserves on the map.

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

At a glance

Traverse outdoors

Conserved land
1%
150 of 14,524 acres
Trails
0.4 mi
0 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
3
named on the map
Bike routes
1.4 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 1.4 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

123
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

Traverse des Sioux Park

Park
48 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
2

Swan Lake Wildlife Management Area, Wiwi Bay Unit

Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
55 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3

Swan Lake Wildlife Management Area, Northeast Angle Unit

Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
40 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land

150 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State fish & wildlife
95 ac
Other state land
51 ac
Town or city
4 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 51 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 paths1.4 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Nearby

Traverse and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Traverse1%0.4 mi3
St. Peter19.3%5.3 mi18
Kasota5.2%3.6 mi4
Oshawa3.4%2.1 mi5
Granby3.4%0.5 mi5
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Traverse'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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