1
Blue Lake Wildlife Management Area
Managed by North Dakota Game and Fish Department
15 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Wise
Wise, ND parks, trails & bike paths
About 38% of Wise is conserved land, roughly 8,555 acres. There are about 44 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Wise, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Wise outdoors
Conserved land
38%
8,555 of 22,838 acres
Trails
44 mi
1.2 mi per sq mi · 19 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
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.
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Boat launches in Wise
Unnamed boat launch
Unnamed boat launch
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 43.5 mi
Showing 1–10 of 13 trails
- 9th Avenue Northwest5.5 mi
- 6th Avenue Northwest4.5 mi
- 11th Avenue Northwest4.0 mi
- 7th Avenue Northwest2.5 mi
- 9th Street Northwest2.0 mi
- 11th Street Northwest1.8 mi
- 10th Avenue Northwest1.7 mi
- 7th Street Northwest1.5 mi
- 12th Avenue Northwest1.3 mi
- 6th Street Northwest1.3 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
8,555 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 6,042 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 6 of 36 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
Courts & fields
- Baseball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Wise
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 6,250 acPrivate Conservation 1,447 acState Resource Management Area 925 acResource Management Area 208 acNational Public Lands 23 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| John E. Williams Nature Preserve FeePrivate Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 1,447 | Access unknown |
| Nd State Lands - Surface OwnershipState Resource Management Area | State land board | 925 | Open |
| Mclean County Waterfowl Production AreaResource Management Area | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 208 | Restricted |
| North Dakota Field OfficeNational Public Lands | Bureau of Land Management | 23 | Open |
| Blue LakeState Recreation Area | State fish & wildlife | 14 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Peace CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Wise and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wise | 37.5% | 43.5 mi | 1 |
| Lake Williams | 31.6% | 44.7 mi | 0 |
| Prophets | 66.7% | 27.9 mi | 0 |
| Medicine Hill | 59.7% | 46.2 mi | 0 |
| Mercer | 65.8% | 39.4 mi | 0 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Wise'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.