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Otto Spies Wildlife Management Area
Managed by North Dakota Game and Fish Department
868 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Colgate
Colgate, ND parks, trails & bike paths
About 11% of Colgate is conserved land, roughly 2,473 acres. There are about 21 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Otto Spies WMA (1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Colgate, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Colgate outdoors
Conserved land
11%
2,473 of 22,485 acres
Trails
21 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 1 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.
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
2,473 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 283 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 Colgate
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Resource Management Area 2,651 acState Conservation Area 864 acConservation Easement 283 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steele County Waterfowl Production AreaResource Management Area | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 2,651 | Restricted |
| Otto SpiesState Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 864 | Restricted |
Nearby
Colgate and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Colgate'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.