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McDowell Dam Recreation Area
Park
154 acres3.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Gibbs
Gibbs, ND parks, trails & bike paths
About 4% of Gibbs is conserved land, roughly 874 acres. There are about 30 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in McDowell Dam Recreation Area (3.4 mi) and Robert W. Henderson WMA (1.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Gibbs, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Gibbs outdoors
Conserved land
4%
874 of 21,899 acres
Trails
30 mi
0.9 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
3
308 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
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.
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Robert W. Henderson Wildlife Management Area
Managed by North Dakota Game and Fish Department
571 acres1.1 mi of trail
132nd Street Northeast
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Apple Valley Community Park
Park
3 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.
Playgrounds in Gibbs
Unnamed playground in McDowell Dam Recreation Area
Unnamed playground in McDowell Dam Recreation Area
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 23.8 mi
- 30th Avenue Northeast1.7 mi
- 17th Avenue Northeast0.9 mi
- 5th Avenue Northeast0.8 mi
- 57th Avenue Northeast0.7 mi
- 132nd Street Northeast0.4 mi
- 43rd Avenue Northeast0.4 mi
- 66th Street Northeast0.3 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
874 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 315 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 Gibbs
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Conservation Area 555 acConservation Easement 316 acResource Management Area 7 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert W. HendersonState Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 555 | Restricted |
| Burleigh County Waterfowl Production AreaResource Management Area | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 7 | Restricted |
History
Historic places to visit
Pet CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Gibbs and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gibbs | 4% | 30.4 mi | 3 |
| Bismarck | 8.4% | 40.5 mi | 45 |
| Menoken | 19.4% | 22.9 mi | 0 |
| Naughton | 4.5% | 31.9 mi | 0 |
| Hay Creek | 0.2% | 13.4 mi | 1 |
| Apple Creek | 2.5% | 23.1 mi | 0 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Gibbs'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.