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Chippewa National Forest
Managed by United States Forest Service
17,226 acres23 mi of trail
North Country TrailTurtle Lake Twp Rd 45Turtle Lake Twp Rd 2928th Avenue NorthwestLake Erin Trail Loop
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Turtle Lake
Turtle Lake, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 38% of Turtle Lake is conserved land, roughly 17,246 acres. There are about 26 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Chippewa National Forest (23 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Turtle Lake, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Turtle Lake outdoors
Conserved land
38%
17,246 of 45,730 acres
Trails
26 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 23 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
1
named on the map
Bike routes
1.7 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 1.7 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.
Who protects the land
17,246 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 paths1.7 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Softball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Turtle Lake and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turtle Lake | 37.7% | 26.0 mi | 1 |
| Shingobee | 38.3% | 57.4 mi | 7 |
| Pine Lake | 48.5% | 32.9 mi | 4 |
| Birch Lake | 4.3% | 4.1 mi | 3 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Turtle Lake'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 28.5-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.