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Kraft Slough Waterfowl Production Area
Nature preserve
1,193 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Verner
Verner, ND parks, trails & bike paths
About 13% of Verner is conserved land, roughly 2,934 acres. There are about 14 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Kraft Slough Waterfowl Production Area (0.5 mi) and Bauer Waterfowl Production Area (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Verner, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Verner outdoors
Conserved land
13%
2,934 of 22,751 acres
Trails
14 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 1 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
3
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
Bauer Waterfowl Production Area
Nature preserve
156 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Taayer Lake Wildlife Management Area
Managed by North Dakota Game and Fish Department
83 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land
2,934 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 870 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 12 parcels. 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
Nearby
Verner and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verner | 12.9% | 13.5 mi | 3 |
| Bear Creek | 11.2% | 19.2 mi | 0 |
| Jackson | 12.5% | 12.9 mi | 0 |
| Harlem | 7.5% | 23.1 mi | 2 |
| Denver | 14.4% | 28.6 mi | 2 |
| Vivian | 18.2% | 24.0 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Verner'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.