Outdoors · Dayton

Dayton, ND parks, trails & bike paths

About 5.1% of Dayton is conserved land, roughly 1,135 acres. There are about 31 miles of mapped trails.

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

At a glance

Dayton outdoors

Conserved land
5.1%
1,135 of 22,128 acres
Trails
31 mi
0.9 mi per sq mi · 1 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.
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 Dayton
Unnamed boat launch
Directions
Trails

Named trails

Unpaved 30.7 mi
  • 98th Avenue Northeast4.0 mi
  • 28th Street Northeast2.9 mi
  • 30th Street Northeast2.8 mi
  • 101st Avenue Northeast1.0 mi
  • 97th Avenue Northeast1.0 mi
  • 102nd Avenue Northeast0.6 mi
  • 96th Avenue Northeast0.2 mi
  • 25th Street Northeast0.1 mi
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

1,135 conserved acres

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

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 497 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 Dayton

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Resource Management Area 638 acConservation Easement 497 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Nd State Lands - Surface OwnershipState Resource Management AreaState land board638Open
Nearby

Dayton and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Dayton5.1%30.7 mi0
Freeborn19.5%22.7 mi0
Osago28.1%30.8 mi0
Leval16.6%20.1 mi1
Forde21.1%29.7 mi1
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Dayton'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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