Outdoors · Plain

Plain, ND parks, trails & bike paths

About 15% of Plain is conserved land, roughly 3,428 acres. There are about 45 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Upper Souris Wildlife Refuge (1.5 mi).

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

At a glance

Plain outdoors

Conserved land
15%
3,428 of 22,954 acres
Trails
45 mi
1.3 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

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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.
1

Upper Souris Wildlife Refuge

Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
1,249 acres1.5 mi of trail
212th Avenue Northwest
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Website
Trails

Named trails

Unpaved 45.2 mi
Showing 1–10 of 14 trails
  • 45th Avenue Northwest5.1 mi
  • 75th Street Northwest3.5 mi
  • 76th Street Northwest3.1 mi
  • 77th Street Northwest2.8 mi
  • 41st Avenue Northwest2.7 mi
  • 43rd Avenue Northwest2.0 mi
  • 72nd Street Northwest1.8 mi
  • 42nd Avenue Northwest1.7 mi
  • 212th Avenue Northwest1.6 mi
  • 40th Avenue Northwest1.2 mi
Who protects the land

3,428 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
4,680 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 2,177 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 Plain

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
National Wildlife Refuge 2,503 acConservation Easement 2,177 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Upper Souris National Wildlife RefugeNational Wildlife RefugeU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service2,503Restricted
Nearby

Plain and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Plain14.9%45.2 mi1
Muskego44.2%41.5 mi2
Callahan34%36.6 mi1
White Ash11.4%37.9 mi0
Mayland6.7%36.3 mi2
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Plain'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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