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Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
1,021 acres1.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
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Outdoors · Elmdale
Elmdale, ND parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.5% of Elmdale is conserved land, roughly 1,255 acres. There are about 51 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge (1.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Elmdale, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Elmdale outdoors
Conserved land
5.5%
1,255 of 22,860 acres
Trails
51 mi
1.4 mi per sq mi · 2 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.
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 51.2 mi
Showing 1–10 of 11 trails
- 450th Avenue Northwest4.1 mi
- 576th Street Northwest4.1 mi
- 72nd Avenue Northwest3.5 mi
- 380th Avenue Northwest3.1 mi
- 394th Avenue Northwest3.0 mi
- 90th Street Northwest2.5 mi
- 548th Street Northwest2.5 mi
- 562nd Street Northwest2.3 mi
- 408th Avenue Northwest1.3 mi
- 422nd Avenue Northwest1.0 mi
Who protects the land
1,255 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 496 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 Elmdale
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
National Wildlife Refuge 1,432 acConservation Easement 496 acResource Management Area 79 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Des Lacs National Wildlife RefugeNational Wildlife Refuge | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 1,432 | Restricted |
| Ward County Waterfowl Production AreaResource Management Area | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 79 | Restricted |
History
Historic places to visit
Niobe CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Elmdale and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Elmdale'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.