Outdoors · Ward

Ward, MN parks, trails & bike paths

About 5.1% of Ward is conserved land, roughly 1,178 acres. There are about 3.6 miles of mapped trails.

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

At a glance

Ward outdoors

Conserved land
5.1%
1,178 of 23,045 acres
Trails
3.6 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
3
named on the map
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

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

Long Prairie River Wildlife Management Area, North Unit

Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
701 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
2

Long Prairie River Wildlife Management Area, South Unit

Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
261 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3

Turtle Creek Wildlife Management Area

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

1,178 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State fish & wildlife
1,151 ac
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
27 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 27 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 lanes0.0 mi
Nearby

Ward and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Ward5.1%3.6 mi3
Hartford1.3%5.0 mi3
Turtle Creek5.2%8.8 mi5
Moran0%4.4 mi1
Eagle Valley0.1%3.4 mi0
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Ward'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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