1
Chain of Lakes County Park
Managed by Stearns County
250 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Wakefield
Wakefield, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 2% of Wakefield is conserved land, roughly 404 acres. There are about 4.8 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Wakefield, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Wakefield outdoors
Conserved land
2%
404 of 20,476 acres
Trails
4.8 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
3
144 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.8 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 2.8 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
Discovery Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
128 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Richmond Community Park
Park
11 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Water
Lakes & rivers
Showing 1–10 of 11 places
Bolfing LakeByer LakeCedar Island LakeGreat Northern LakeKnaus LakeKoetter LakeKrays LakePark LakeSchneider LakeZumwalde Lakelake
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
404 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 213 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 paths2.8 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Wakefield
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 213 acState Conservation Area 191 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery State Wildlife Management AreaState Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 126 | Restricted |
| Cold Spring Heron Colony State Scientific and Natural AreaState Conservation Area | State natural resources | 64 | Restricted |
| Cedar Island Lake State Aquatic Management Area (Stearns)State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 1 | Restricted |
Nearby
Wakefield and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wakefield | 2% | 4.8 mi | 3 |
| Munson | 0.3% | 1.1 mi | 0 |
| Richmond | 0% | 0.3 mi | 1 |
| Collegeville | 5.2% | 6.4 mi | 1 |
| Luxemburg | 0.9% | 2.2 mi | 1 |
| Rockville | 0.5% | 8.4 mi | 5 |
| Maine Prairie | 1.3% | 3.0 mi | 4 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Wakefield'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.