Outdoors · Central

Central, ND parks, trails & bike paths

About 82% of Central is conserved land, roughly 18,642 acres. There are about 31 miles of mapped trails.

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

At a glance

Central outdoors

Conserved land
82%
18,642 of 22,861 acres
Trails
31 mi
0.9 mi per sq mi · 22 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

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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

McVille Wildlife Management Area

Managed by North Dakota Game and Fish Department
217 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land

18,642 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
20,292 ac
State fish & wildlife
213 ac
State land board
41 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 17,732 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

Central and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Central81.5%30.7 mi1
Wamduska36.8%24.6 mi0
Melvin20.8%24.7 mi1
Hamlin26.2%22.2 mi1
Williams65.9%23.2 mi0
Osago28.1%30.8 mi0
Field62.6%23.2 mi0
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Central'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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