1
Van Hook Wildlife Management Area
Managed by North Dakota Game and Fish Department
864 acres3.1 mi of trail
30th Street Northwest36th Street Northwest
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Howie
Howie, ND parks, trails & bike paths
About 30% of Howie is conserved land, roughly 6,767 acres. There are about 28 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Van Hook WMA (3.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Howie, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Howie outdoors
Conserved land
30%
6,767 of 22,721 acres
Trails
28 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 4 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 28.0 mi
- 89th Avenue Northwest2.9 mi
- 87th Avenue Northwest2.1 mi
- 33rd Street Northwest1.9 mi
- 30th Street Northwest1.3 mi
- 34th1.1 mi
- 36th Street Northwest0.8 mi
- 88th0.4 mi
- 86th Avenue Northwest0.2 mi
- 88th Avenue Northwest0.1 mi
Who protects the land
6,767 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
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 Howie
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Recreation Management Area 6,557 acState Conservation Area 471 acState Resource Management Area 138 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sakakawea Recreation AreaRecreation Management Area | Army Corps of Engineers | 6,557 | Open |
| VanhookState Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 471 | Restricted |
| Nd State Lands - Surface OwnershipState Resource Management Area | State land board | 138 | Open |
Nearby
Howie and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Howie'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.