Outdoors · Palmer

Palmer, ND parks, trails & bike paths

About 69% of Palmer is conserved land, roughly 15,782 acres. There are about 32 miles of mapped trails.

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

At a glance

Palmer outdoors

Conserved land
69%
15,782 of 22,819 acres
Trails
32 mi
0.9 mi per sq mi · 20 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 31.6 mi
Showing 1–10 of 12 trails
  • 86th Street Northwest3.9 mi
  • 117th Avenue Northwest3.0 mi
  • 118th Avenue Northwest2.8 mi
  • 120th Avenue Northwest2.6 mi
  • 119th Avenue Northwest2.6 mi
  • 87th Street Northwest2.0 mi
  • 85th Street Northwest2.0 mi
  • 88th Street Northwest1.6 mi
  • 115th Avenue Northwest1.5 mi
  • 113th Avenue Northwest0.5 mi
Who protects the land

15,782 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
17,669 ac
State land board
4 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 15,303 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 Palmer

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 16,719 acResource Management Area 950 acState Resource Management Area 4 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Divide County Waterfowl Production AreaResource Management AreaU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service948Restricted
Nd State Lands - Surface OwnershipState Resource Management AreaState land board4Open
Williams County Waterfowl Production AreaResource Management AreaU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service2Restricted
Nearby

Palmer and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Palmer69.2%31.6 mi0
Frederick66.7%37.7 mi0
Upland59.8%42.3 mi0
Hazel40.8%20.6 mi0
Hayland50.5%32.2 mi0
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Palmer'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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