1
Welsh Lake State Forest
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
3,988 acres2.4 mi of trail
Steamboat River Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Wilkinson
Wilkinson, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 32% of Wilkinson is conserved land, roughly 7,306 acres. There are about 5.3 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Welsh Lake State Forest (2.4 mi) and Bowstring State Forest (2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Wilkinson, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Wilkinson outdoors
Conserved land
32%
7,306 of 22,915 acres
Trails
5.3 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
named on the map
Bike routes
6.1 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 6.1 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
Bowstring State Forest
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
4,027 acres2 mi of trail
Forest Rt 3917
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Chippewa National Forest
Managed by United States Forest Service
3,384 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
4
Steamboat Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
34 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land
7,306 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 paths6.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis4
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Wilkinson and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilkinson | 31.9% | 5.3 mi | 4 |
| Pike Bay | 11.9% | 16.1 mi | 2 |
| Leech Lake | 24.1% | 3.7 mi | 3 |
| Hart Lake | 5.3% | 1.9 mi | 0 |
| Otter Tail Peninsula | 71.1% | 21.5 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Wilkinson'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.