Outdoors · Jefferson

Jefferson, ND parks, trails & bike paths

About 51% of Jefferson is conserved land, roughly 11,809 acres. There are about 20 miles of mapped trails.

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

At a glance

Jefferson outdoors

Conserved land
51%
11,809 of 22,984 acres
Trails
20 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 11 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.
Trails

Named trails

Unpaved 19.8 mi
  • 20th Avenue Northeast3.3 mi
  • 60th Street Northeast3.1 mi
  • 23rd Avenue Northeast2.2 mi
  • 54th Street Northeast1.3 mi
  • 57th Street Northeast1.0 mi
  • 16th Avenue Northeast0.7 mi
  • 24th Avenue Northeast0.5 mi
Who protects the land

11,809 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
12,146 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 11,644 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 Jefferson

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 11,818 acResource Management Area 328 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Pierce County Waterfowl Production AreaResource Management AreaU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service328Restricted
Nearby

Jefferson and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Jefferson51.4%19.8 mi0
Ness31.5%22.6 mi0
Tuscarora23.2%19.1 mi0
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Jefferson'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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