Outdoors · Vale

Vale, ND parks, trails & bike paths

About 20% of Vale is conserved land, roughly 4,520 acres. There are about 39 miles of mapped trails.

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

At a glance

Vale outdoors

Conserved land
20%
4,520 of 22,665 acres
Trails
39 mi
1.1 mi per sq mi · 6 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 39.0 mi
  • 97th Street Northwest4.1 mi
  • 87th Avenue Northwest3.9 mi
  • 86th Avenue Northwest2.0 mi
  • 96th Street Northwest1.8 mi
  • 89th Avenue Northwest1.5 mi
  • 88th Avenue Northwest1.4 mi
  • 99th Street Northwest1.0 mi
  • 100th Street Northwest0.4 mi
Who protects the land

4,520 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
5,467 ac
State land board
475 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 2,618 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 Vale

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Resource Management Area 2,849 acConservation Easement 2,618 acState Resource Management Area 475 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Burke County Waterfowl Production AreaResource Management AreaU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service2,849Restricted
Nd State Lands - Surface OwnershipState Resource Management AreaState land board475Open
History

Historic places to visit

Saint Marys CemeteryCemetery
Nearby

Vale and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Vale19.9%39.0 mi0
Foothills44.2%37.9 mi0
Dale29.2%41.5 mi0
Portal29.8%38.4 mi0
Fay19.4%40.2 mi1
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Vale'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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