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The DNR invites your comments, particularly those regarding planned road/trail designations or closures, environmental or safety issues, potential user conflicts or other site-specific concerns.
Please be as specific as possible in your comments, especially when commenting on unique trail segments.
To comment or ask questions on reclassification proposals or draft plans, call or email the contact person within the specified comment period.
Map guide
- Detailed maps show the proposed route designations as forest roads or trails. Some of these maps include the entire state forest and the files may be very large.
- Index maps are smaller files with links to detailed township level maps. Township maps offer the same data as the detailed map, but for a smaller area.
Classifications and designations
Forest classification definitions
B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | K | L | M | N | P | R | S | T | W
State forest |
Current |
County |
Project status |
Trail plans & maps |
---|---|---|---|---|
Badoura |
Limited |
Hubbard |
Completed |
Decision records:
Maps:
|
Battleground |
Closed |
Cass |
Completed |
See Chippewa group |
Bear Island |
Mixed |
St. Louis |
Completed |
See St. Louis County - north group |
Beltrami Island |
Managed |
Beltrami |
Completed |
Decision records: Maps: |
Big Fork |
Managed |
Itasca |
Completed |
See Chippewa group |
Birch Lakes |
Closed |
Stearns |
Completed |
See southern MN planning group |
Blackduck |
Managed |
Itasca |
Completed |
See Chippewa group |
Bowstring |
Limited |
Cass |
Completed |
See Chippewa group |
Buena Vista |
Limited |
Beltrami |
Completed |
See Chippewa group |
Burntside |
Mixed |
St. Louis |
Completed |
See St. Louis County - north group |
Limited |
Pine |
Completed |
||
Chippewa group |
|
|
Completed |
Decision records: Maps: |
Cloquet Valley |
Mixed |
St. Louis |
Completed |
Decision records: Maps: |
Crow Wing |
Limited |
Crow Wing |
Completed |
Decision records: |
Limited |
Pine |
Completed |
||
East Central group |
|
|
Completed |
Decision records: Trail/Access inventory: Forests Counties |
Emily |
Limited |
Crow Wing |
Completed |
Decision records: |
Mixed |
Lake |
Completed |
Decision records: Maps: |
|
Fond du Lac |
Limited |
Carlton |
Completed |
|
Foot Hills |
Limited |
Cass |
Completed |
|
Limited |
Pine |
Completed |
||
George Washington |
Mixed |
Itasca |
Completed |
|
Golden Anniversary |
Mixed |
Itasca |
Completed |
See Koochiching/Itasca group |
Grand Portage |
Managed |
Cook |
Completed |
Decision records: Plans: Maps: |
Limited |
Aitkin |
Completed |
See east central group | |
Limited |
Hubbard |
Completed |
Decision records: |
|
Huntersville |
Limited |
Wadena |
Completed |
See west central group |
Closed |
Lake |
Completed |
N/A | |
Managed |
St. Louis |
Completed |
||
Koochiching |
Managed |
Koochiching |
Completed |
|
Koochiching/Itasca east group (George Washington, Golden Anniversary, Koochiching, Pine Island, Smokey Bear) |
|
|
Completed |
|
Closed |
Lake |
Completed |
N/A | |
Lake Jeanette |
Mixed |
St. Louis |
Completed |
|
Lake of the Woods |
Managed |
Lake of the Woods |
Completed |
See northern border group |
Land O'Lakes |
Limited |
Cass |
Completed |
See east central group |
Lost River |
Managed |
Roseau |
Completed |
See northern border group |
Lyons |
Limited |
Wadena |
Completed |
See west central group |
Limited |
Clearwater |
Completed |
See west central group - north unit | |
Limited |
Pine |
Completed |
||
Northern border group |
Managed |
|
Completed |
Decision records: Maps: |
Northwest Angle |
Managed |
Lake of the Woods |
Completed |
See northern border group |
Pat Bayle |
Limited |
Cook |
Completed |
Decision records: Maps: |
Paul Bunyan |
Limited |
Hubbard |
Completed |
|
Pillsbury |
Closed |
Cass |
Completed |
|
Pine Island |
Managed |
Koochiching |
Completed |
See Koochiching/Itasca group |
Limited (with no hunter exceptions) |
Wabasha |
Completed |
See southern MN planning group | |
Red Lake |
Managed |
Beltrami |
Completed |
See northern border group |
Remer |
Limited |
Cass |
Completed |
See Chippewa group |
Rum River |
Limited |
Mille Lacs |
Completed |
Decision records:
Maps: |
Limited |
Pine |
Completed |
||
St. Louis County - north group |
|
|
Completed |
Decision records: |
Sand Dunes |
Closed |
Sherburne |
Completed |
See southern MN planning group |
Savanna |
Limited |
Aitkin |
Completed |
See east central group |
Smokey Bear |
Managed |
Koochiching |
Completed |
See Koochiching/Itasca group |
Smoky Hills |
Limited |
Becker |
Completed |
See west central group |
Snake River |
Limited |
Kanabec |
Completed |
See east central group |
Solana |
Limited |
Aitkin |
Completed |
|
Southern MN planning group |
Mixed |
Stearns |
Completed |
Decision records: Maps - RJD State Forest: |
Sturgeon River |
Mixed |
St. Louis |
Completed |
Decision records: Maps: |
Limited |
Becker |
Completed |
See west central group | |
Limited |
Aitkin |
Completed |
See east central group | |
Wealthwood |
Limited |
Aitkin |
Completed |
|
Welsh Lake |
Closed |
Cass |
Completed |
See Chippewa group |
West central group - north unit |
|
|
Completed |
Decision records - Mississippi Headwaters State Forest:
Decision records - White Earth State Forest:
Maps:
County: |
West central group - south unit |
|
|
Completed |
Decision records: Counties: Forests: |
White Earth |
Limited |
Clearwater |
Completed |
See west central group - north unit |
Whiteface River |
Closed |
St. Louis |
Completed |
NA = Not Available at this time.
B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | K | L | M | N | P | R | S | T | W
Forest classifications and allowed activities
These classifications are current as of the day you view them, and may change at any time.
In state forest land classified as managed:
- Highway licensed vehicles allowed on roads/routes unless posted closed.
- Off-highway vehicles, defined as All-terrain vehicles/Off-highway motorcycles (ATVs/ORVs/OHMs) are allowed on roads, routes, and on designated trails.
- ATV travel off routes, roads, and designated trail is PROHIBITED except when hunter/trapper exception applies.
In state forest land classified as limited:
- Highway licensed vehicles are allowed on signed forest roads, unless posted closed.
- Off-highway vehicles, defined as All-terrain vehicles/Off-highway motorcycles (ATVs/ORVs/OHMs), MAY OPERATE on signed roads and trails.
- ATV travel off of signed motor vehicles trails or forest roads is PROHIBITED except when hunter/trapper exception applies.
In state forest land classified as closed:
- Highway licensed vehicles are allowed on forest roads.
- Motor vehicles are not permitted off roads.
- Off-highway vehicles (ATVs, OHMs, ORVs) are prohibited in this forest.
For more information, see Minnesota Rules, Chapter 6100.1950.
BWCAW note
This forest is partially located within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The sections in the BWCAW are always closed to OHV use.