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Smisheck Lake Wildlife Management Area
Managed by North Dakota Game and Fish Department
198 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Colville
Colville, ND parks, trails & bike paths
About 15% of Colville is conserved land, roughly 3,323 acres. There are about 31 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Smisheck Lake WMA (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Colville, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Colville outdoors
Conserved land
15%
3,323 of 21,719 acres
Trails
31 mi
0.9 mi per sq mi · 4 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 Colville
Unnamed boat launch
Unnamed boat launch in Smisheck Lake Wildlife Management Area
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 30.9 mi
- 82nd Street Northwest3.8 mi
- 94th Avenue Northwest3.1 mi
- 83rd Street Northwest3.1 mi
- 81st Street Northwest2.9 mi
- 95th Avenue Northwest2.0 mi
- 93rd Avenue Northwest1.0 mi
- 79th Street Northwest1.0 mi
- 92nd Avenue Northwest0.7 mi
- 80th Street Northwest0.3 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
3,323 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 2,081 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 Colville
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 2,173 acResource Management Area 1,120 acState Resource Management Area 525 acState Recreation Area 156 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burke County Waterfowl Production AreaResource Management Area | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 1,120 | Restricted |
| Nd State Lands - Surface OwnershipState Resource Management Area | State land board | 525 | Open |
| Smishek LakeState Recreation Area | State fish & wildlife | 156 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Bethel CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Colville and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colville | 15.3% | 30.9 mi | 1 |
| Cleary | 65.1% | 35.5 mi | 0 |
| Garness | 27.2% | 28.9 mi | 1 |
| Powers Lake | 1.2% | 38.5 mi | 0 |
| Battleview | 9.4% | 31.6 mi | 0 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Colville'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.