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Outdoors in Port Heiden

Few parks or trails are on the map in Port Heiden

10% of Port Heiden’s land is conserved, about 3,070 acres. 11 miles of mapped trail cross Port Heiden, 0.2 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
10%
3,070 acres · of 46.2 sq mi of land
Trails
11 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
4
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Who protects it

3,070 conserved acres

10% of Port Heiden’s land. Who manages Port Heiden’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State natural resources2,538 ac
Bureau of Land Management532 ac
State Other or Unknown · 2,486 acNational Public Lands · 532 acState Conservation Area · 52 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 3 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
State Patented
State Other or Unknown
State natural resources2,486Unknown
Anchorage Field Office
National Public Lands
Bureau of Land Management532Open
Port Heiden Critical Habitat Area
State Conservation Area
State natural resources52Restricted
Trails & water

4 lakes & rivers

Questions about parks and trails in Port Heiden

Is there public land near Port Heiden?

9,574 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Port Heiden or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 533 of them inside the city line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Port Heiden neighbors.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Conserved and public land: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), service updated July 2026. Parks, trails, playgrounds, beaches and other places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), map data as of 2026-10-28. Land and water area: Census 2025 Gazetteer. Residents near a park: 2020 Census blocks. National Register: National Park Service. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →