🥾 Hiking on public land in Minnesota

319 public places in Minnesota are listed for hiking (149 state & public land, 62 state forests, 61 wildlife management areas, 29 open-access private land, 12 state parks, 2 national forests, 2 national parks, 1 parks, 1 trails). 4 have no entry fee. Open any place for its map, directions, fees and the land around it.

Rules, seasons and closures vary by unit. Confirm with the managing agency before you go.

The places

🌳 Gooseberry Falls State Parkfree
🌳 Itasca State Park$7/vehicle/day
🥾 Superior Hiking Trailfree
🤝 Walk-In Access (WIA) — Blue Earth County$3 Walk-In Access validation on your MN hunting license
🤝 Walk-In Access (WIA) — Brown County$3 Walk-In Access validation on your MN hunting license
🤝 Walk-In Access (WIA) — Chippewa County$3 Walk-In Access validation on your MN hunting license
🤝 Walk-In Access (WIA) — Cottonwood County$3 Walk-In Access validation on your MN hunting license
🤝 Walk-In Access (WIA) — Douglas County$3 Walk-In Access validation on your MN hunting license
🤝 Walk-In Access (WIA) — Grant County$3 Walk-In Access validation on your MN hunting license
🤝 Walk-In Access (WIA) — Jackson County$3 Walk-In Access validation on your MN hunting license
🤝 Walk-In Access (WIA) — Kandiyohi County$3 Walk-In Access validation on your MN hunting license
🤝 Walk-In Access (WIA) — Lac qui Parle County$3 Walk-In Access validation on your MN hunting license
🤝 Walk-In Access (WIA) — Le Sueur County$3 Walk-In Access validation on your MN hunting license
🤝 Walk-In Access (WIA) — Lincoln County$3 Walk-In Access validation on your MN hunting license
🤝 Walk-In Access (WIA) — Lyon County$3 Walk-In Access validation on your MN hunting license
🤝 Walk-In Access (WIA) — Martin County$3 Walk-In Access validation on your MN hunting license
🤝 Walk-In Access (WIA) — McLeod County$3 Walk-In Access validation on your MN hunting license
🤝 Walk-In Access (WIA) — Meeker County$3 Walk-In Access validation on your MN hunting license
🤝 Walk-In Access (WIA) — Murray County$3 Walk-In Access validation on your MN hunting license
🤝 Walk-In Access (WIA) — Nobles County$3 Walk-In Access validation on your MN hunting license
🤝 Walk-In Access (WIA) — Pipestone County$3 Walk-In Access validation on your MN hunting license
🤝 Walk-In Access (WIA) — Pope County$3 Walk-In Access validation on your MN hunting license
🤝 Walk-In Access (WIA) — Redwood County$3 Walk-In Access validation on your MN hunting license
🤝 Walk-In Access (WIA) — Renville County$3 Walk-In Access validation on your MN hunting license
🤝 Walk-In Access (WIA) — Rock County$3 Walk-In Access validation on your MN hunting license
🤝 Walk-In Access (WIA) — Sibley County$3 Walk-In Access validation on your MN hunting license
🤝 Walk-In Access (WIA) — Stevens County$3 Walk-In Access validation on your MN hunting license
🤝 Walk-In Access (WIA) — Swift County$3 Walk-In Access validation on your MN hunting license
🤝 Walk-In Access (WIA) — Traverse County$3 Walk-In Access validation on your MN hunting license
🤝 Walk-In Access (WIA) — Watonwan County$3 Walk-In Access validation on your MN hunting license
🤝 Walk-In Access (WIA) — Wilkin County$3 Walk-In Access validation on your MN hunting license
🤝 Walk-In Access (WIA) — Yellow Medicine County$3 Walk-In Access validation on your MN hunting license
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🗺️ Agassiz Beachline WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Agassiz WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Anderson WPAUnknown — check official site
🦆 Arthur Allen Wildlife SanctuaryUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Audubon WPAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Badoura State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌳 Banning State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Barker WPAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Battleground State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bay Lake WPAUnknown — check official site
🦆 Beaches Lake Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🌲 Bear Island State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Beltrami Island State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Belwin ConservancyUnknown — check official site
🌲 Big Fork State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Big Island Nature ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Big Island SNAUnknown — check official site
🦆 Big John's Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Big Mantrap WMAUnknown — check official site
🦆 Big Stone National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🌲 Birch Lakes State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bjerkevedt WPAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Blackduck State ForestUnknown — check official site
🦆 Bonasa Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Border Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Boundary Waters Canoe Area WildernessUnknown — check official site
🌲 Bowstring State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bucks Mill AMAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Buena Vista State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bunker Hills Regional ParkUnknown — check official site
🌲 Burntside State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Butterwort Cliffs SNAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cannon River Turtle Preserve SNAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Canthook Lake Primitive Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cardinal Creek Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Caribou Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Carlos Avery Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Carmelee Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Carpenter Nature CenterUnknown — check official site
🌳 Cascade River State ParkUnknown — check official site
🌳 Cascade River State ParkUnknown — check official site
🦆 Cedar Bend Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🌲 Centennial State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chanhassen Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌲 Chengwatana State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Chippewa National ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chisago Lake AMAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Cloquet Valley State ForestUnknown — check official site
🦆 Crane Meadows National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🦆 Crow Wing Corridor Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🌲 Crow Wing State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Crystal Spring Scientific and Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🌲 D.A.R. State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Daniels Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Deerwood Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Drag Lake Primitive Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🌲 Emily State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Erskine Complex WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Falls Creek Scientific and Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Felton Prairie SNAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ferndale MarshFee charged — check official site
🌲 Finland State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Flickertail Prairie WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Florida Creek WPAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Fond Du Lac State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Foot Hills State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Foothills State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Foxborough Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Franconia Bluffs Scientific and Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fungus Lake Primitive Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🌲 General C.C. Andrews State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌳 George Crosby Manitou State ParkUnknown — check official site
🌲 George Washington State ForestUnknown — check official site
🦆 Glacial Ridge National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🌲 Golden Anniversary State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌳 Gooseberry Falls State ParkUnknown — check official site
🦆 Gores Pool #3 Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Grand Portage National MonumentUnknown — check official site
🌲 Grand Portage State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Grey Cloud Dunes SNAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hairy Lake Primitive Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Halma Swamp Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Hamden Slough National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🦆 Hampton Woods Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Hamre Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Hardwood Creek Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hastings SNAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hastings Sand Coulee Scientific and Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Hereim Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🌲 Hill River State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hintermeister WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hitterdal WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Holte WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Humpback Lake Primitive Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🌲 Huntersville State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Insula Lake State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌳 Interstate State ParkUnknown — check official site
🦆 Island Lake Fmha Wildlife Management Area, Clearwater County UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Islands of Peace County ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Jackson County Waterfowl Production AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ James A. Brown Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Janet Johnson Memorial Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Julsrud WPAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Kabetogama State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Kabetogama State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kasin WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kenyon WPAUnknown — check official site
🦆 Keystone Woods Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🌲 Koochiching State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kurfin WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ La Verendrye Provincial ParkUnknown — check official site
🦆 Lac Qui Parle Wildlife Management Area Controlled Hunting ZoneUnknown — check official site
🦆 Lac Qui Parle Wildlife Management Area Main UnitUnknown — check official site
🌲 Lake Isabella State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Lake Jeanette State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lake Minnetonka Regional ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lake Susan PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌲 Lake of the Woods State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Land O'Lakes State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lawrence Creek Scientific and Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lee Marshes WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lengby WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lillemoen WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Long Lake AMAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Lost River State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lutsen SNAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Lyons State ForestUnknown — check official site
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🦆 Manston Marsh Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ McKnight PrairieUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Minnesota Point Pine Forest Scientific and Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Minnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🌲 Mississippi Headwaters State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌿 Mississippi National River and Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mississippi West Regional ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mud Lake WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mugwump Lake Primitive Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🌳 Myre - Big Island State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Nelson Lake WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Nelson Prairie WPAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Nemadji State ForestUnknown — check official site
🦆 Nereson Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Nicholson WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Noerenberg GardensUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Noreen WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWRUnknown — check official site
🦆 Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🦆 Northern White Cedar Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🌲 Northwest Angle State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Orchard Lake Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Palmville Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🌲 Pat Bayle State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Paul Bunyan State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pembina Trail SNAUnknown — check official site
🦆 Percy Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🌲 Pillsbury State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pine Bend Bluff SNAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Pine Island State ForestUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Pipestone National MonumentUnknown — check official site
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🗺️ Pitfall Lake Primitive Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Polonia Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Prairie Creek Wildlife Management Area: Koester PrairieUnknown — check official site

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