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Balta Dam Wildlife Management Area
Managed by North Dakota Game and Fish Department
104 acres0.4 mi of trail
51st Street Northeast
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Balta
Balta, ND parks, trails & bike paths
About 50% of Balta is conserved land, roughly 11,343 acres. There are about 36 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Balta, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Balta outdoors
Conserved land
50%
11,343 of 22,654 acres
Trails
36 mi
1 mi per sq mi · 19 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
1
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
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.
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 Balta
Unnamed boat launch
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 35.5 mi
- 50th Street Northeast4.4 mi
- 26th Avenue Northeast3.6 mi
- 51st Street Northeast3.0 mi
- 49th Street Northeast3.0 mi
- 28th Avenue Northeast1.8 mi
- 48th Street Northeast1.2 mi
- 29th Avenue Northeast1.0 mi
- 52nd Street Northeast1.0 mi
- 24th Avenue Northeast0.4 mi
- 53rd Street Northeast0.4 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
11,343 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 10,186 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
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Balta
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 10,583 acResource Management Area 853 acState Resource Management Area 625 acState Conservation Area 105 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pierce County Waterfowl Production AreaResource Management Area | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 853 | Restricted |
| Nd State Lands - Surface OwnershipState Resource Management Area | State land board | 625 | Open |
| Balta DamState Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 105 | Restricted |
History
Historic places to visit
Mount Carmel CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Balta and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Balta'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.