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Buena Vista State Forest
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
14,687 acres3.8 mi of trail
Tower Road NortheastFinlandia Drive Northeast
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Turtle Lake
Turtle Lake, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 15% of Turtle Lake is conserved land, roughly 3,365 acres. There are about 5.6 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Buena Vista State Forest (3.8 mi) and Movil Maze Recreation Area (0.9 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
15%
3,365 of 22,981 acres
Trails
5.6 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
2
2,579 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.0 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
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.
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Movil Maze Recreation Area
Managed by Beltrami County
184 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Boat launches in Turtle Lake
Unnamed boat launch in Buena Vista State Forest
Unnamed boat launch
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 1.3 mi
- Tower Road Northeast1.3 mi
- Finlandia Drive Northeast1.2 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
Beltrami LakelakeBlack LakelakeCrane LakelakeDes Moines LakeFox LakeHorseman LakeLake JulialakeLarson LakelakeLindgren LakeLittle Turtle Lakelake
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
3,365 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 paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Turtle Lake
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Resource Management Area 3,329 acState Conservation Area 36 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buena Vista State ForestState Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 3,059 | Open |
| MiscellaneousState Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 270 | Open |
| Big Turtle Lake Isl. State Aquatic Management Area (Beltrami)State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 28 | Restricted |
| Little Turtle Lake State Aquatic Management Area (Beltrami)State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 8 | Restricted |
History
Historic places to visit
Beltrami MonumentMonument
Nearby
Turtle Lake and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
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 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.