Outdoors · Getchell

Getchell, ND parks, trails & bike paths

About 7.5% of Getchell is conserved land, roughly 1,702 acres. There are about 7.3 miles of mapped trails.

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

At a glance

Getchell outdoors

Conserved land
7.5%
1,702 of 22,745 acres
Trails
7.3 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi
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

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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.
1

Valley City Wildlife Management Area

Managed by North Dakota Game and Fish Department
198 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Campgrounds in Getchell
Unnamed campground
Directions
Trails

Named trails

Unpaved 7.3 mi
  • North Country Trail2.6 mi
  • 29th Street Southeast1.0 mi
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

1,702 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
1,666 ac
State fish & wildlife
198 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)
125 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,222 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

Courts & fields

  • Beach volleyball1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Getchell

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 1,226 acNational Wildlife Refuge 316 acResource Management Area 248 acState Conservation Area 198 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Barnes County Waterfowl Production AreaResource Management AreaU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service565Restricted
Valley CityState Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife198Restricted
Nearby

Getchell and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Getchell7.5%7.3 mi1
Stewart12.6%12.1 mi0
Valley4.4%5.1 mi1
Ashtabula7.3%17.3 mi0
Noltimier26.7%7.0 mi1
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Getchell'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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