Outdoors · Dale

Dale, ND parks, trails & bike paths

About 29% of Dale is conserved land, roughly 6,679 acres. There are about 42 miles of mapped trails.

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

At a glance

Dale outdoors

Conserved land
29%
6,679 of 22,902 acres
Trails
42 mi
1.2 mi per sq mi · 14 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
0
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.
Trails

Named trails

Unpaved 41.5 mi
  • 79th Avenue Northwest6.0 mi
  • 96th Street Northwest5.5 mi
  • 100th Street Northwest4.6 mi
  • 99th Street Northwest3.8 mi
  • 81st Avenue Northwest3.0 mi
  • 97th Street Northwest2.8 mi
  • 83rd Avenue Northwest2.4 mi
  • 82nd Avenue Northwest0.4 mi
Who protects the land

6,679 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
6,193 ac
State land board
486 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 6,194 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 Dale

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 6,193 acState Resource Management Area 486 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Nd State Lands - Surface OwnershipState Resource Management AreaState land board486Open
History

Historic places to visit

Bethany CemeteryCemetery
Norwegian CemeteryCemetery
Nearby

Dale and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Dale29.2%41.5 mi0
Clayton18.3%29.6 mi0
Vale19.9%39.0 mi0
Soo32.4%34.7 mi0
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Dale'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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