← How Mapleton ranks
North Dakota rankings · Outdoors Towns with the most trails in North Dakota Ranked by miles of mapped hiking and walking trails per square mile of town. 22 towns with 2,500+ residents.
Mapleton Not on this list Mapleton has fewer than 2,500 residents, the floor for ND lists.
All 22 towns Trail miles per sq mi, highest first. Towns next door to Mapleton are tagged.
# Town Trail miles per sq mi Trail miles Parks & preserves
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Minot AFB 4,878 people 2.4 mi / sq mi 18.5 mi 1
2
Mandan 24,522 people 1.6 mi / sq mi 21.4 mi 10
3
Grafton 4,102 people 1.3 mi / sq mi 4.6 mi 1
4
Bismarck 75,556 people 1.1 mi / sq mi 40.5 mi 45
5
Dickinson 25,357 people 1.1 mi / sq mi 14.2 mi 14
6
Tatman Ward County · 2,730 people 1.0 mi / sq mi 34.1 mi 0
7
Minot 47,791 people 0.9 mi / sq mi 26.0 mi 15
8
Gibbs Burleigh County · 2,836 people 0.9 mi / sq mi 30.4 mi 3
9
Fargo 131,627 people 0.9 mi / sq mi 44.7 mi 68
11
Jamestown 15,787 people 0.7 mi / sq mi 9.7 mi 10
12
New Town 2,721 people 0.7 mi / sq mi 2.1 mi 0
13
Apple Creek Burleigh County · 3,490 people 0.7 mi / sq mi 23.1 mi 0
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Hay Creek Burleigh County · 4,348 people 0.6 mi / sq mi 13.4 mi 1
17
Beulah 3,040 people 0.5 mi / sq mi 1.3 mi 1
18
Williston 28,056 people 0.5 mi / sq mi 12.1 mi 5
19
West Fargo 40,094 people 0.4 mi / sq mi 6.2 mi 19
20
Wahpeton 8,010 people 0.3 mi / sq mi 1.7 mi 4
22
Horace 4,588 people 0.2 mi / sq mi 3.0 mi 2
We rank every town by miles of mapped hiking and walking trails per square mile of town. Paths, bridleways, woods roads and footways in parks count; sidewalks don't. Towns need at least a mile of trail to be ranked. Trails come from OpenStreetMap, so a well-mapped town can edge out an equally trail-rich one that's mapped less thoroughly. The town with the highest figure ranks #1.
Only towns with at least 2,500 residents are ranked; Census estimates for smaller places are too uncertain. Population and income: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Trails, streets and parks: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Conserved land: USGS PAD-US . Measured within each town's Census boundary. Town photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each town’s page.
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