1
Mouse River State Forest
Managed by North Dakota State Forest Service
275 acres3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Normal
Normal, ND parks, trails & bike paths
About 33% of Normal is conserved land, roughly 7,529 acres. There are about 39 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Mouse River State Forest (3 mi) and J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Normal, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Normal outdoors
Conserved land
33%
7,529 of 22,719 acres
Trails
39 mi
1.1 mi per sq mi · 11 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
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.
2
J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
184 acres0.5 mi of trail
76th Street Northeast
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 38.5 mi
- 14th Avenue Northeast5.3 mi
- 74th Street Northeast3.0 mi
- 78th Street Northeast2.6 mi
- 12th Avenue Northeast1.9 mi
- 10th Avenue Northeast1.8 mi
- 73rd Street Northeast1.0 mi
- 76th Street Northeast1.0 mi
- 72nd Street Northeast0.6 mi
- 8th Avenue Northeast0.6 mi
Who protects the land
7,529 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 6,319 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 Normal
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 6,699 acState Resource Management Area 1,026 acNational Wildlife Refuge 368 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nd State Lands - Surface OwnershipState Resource Management Area | State land board | 822 | Open |
| J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife RefugeNational Wildlife Refuge | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 368 | Restricted |
| North Dakota State Forest Service LandState Resource Management Area | State Department of Land | 204 | Open |
Nearby
Normal and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | 33.1% | 38.5 mi | 2 |
| Ostby | 47.8% | 32.7 mi | 0 |
| Willow Creek | 32.8% | 35.5 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Normal'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.