Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area
Park
1,655 acres8.6 mi of trail
Overburden Road WestSagamore Lake Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
BOutdoors
Outdoors in Irondale Township
Irondale Township has 273 acres of parks, 227 for every 1,000 residents
The biggest trail networks: Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area (8.6 mi). 6% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 16 miles of mapped trail cross Irondale Township, 0.6 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 62% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
5%
837 acres · of 27.4 sq mi of land
Trails
16 mi
0.6 per sq mi of land
Park land
273 ac
227 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
6%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
11 mi
11 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
20
What kind of outdoors town is Irondale Township?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Irondale Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Irondale Township is ahead of 62% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Irondale Township’s overall grade.
Conserved land5% of the land · typical MN town 5% · U.S. 4%BTrails0.6 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (16 mi) · MN 0.5 · U.S. 0.4B+Park land227 acres of park per 1,000 residents (273 acres) · MN 24 · U.S. 13AParks close to home6% of residents within a half mile of a park · MN 95% · U.S. 72%D
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 62%
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Water is 11% of Irondale Township’s area (3 of 31 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 4%.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to A−. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area, with 8.6 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Loerch Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
40 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Crow Wing State Forest
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
10 acres0.1 mi of trail
MILLER - BLACK BEAR Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗
Who protects it
837 conserved acres
5% of Irondale Township’s land. Water is left out: Irondale Township has 27.4 square miles of land and 3.4 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Irondale Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources796 ac
State fish & wildlife40 ac
State Resource Management Area · 796 acState Conservation Area · 40 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miscellaneous State Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 791 | Open |
| Loerch State Wildlife Management Area State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 40 | Restricted |
| Crow Wing State Forest State Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 6 | Open |
Things to do
1 places to go in Irondale Township
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Campgrounds in Irondale Township
Old Iron Camp
DirectionsTrails & water
3 named trails and 20 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Open to bikes · 1.0 miHorses · 1.0 miUnpaved · 10.4 mi
MILLER - BLACK BEAR Trail4.6 mi
Overburden Road West0.6 mi
Sagamore Lake Trail0.4 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports
11 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
11 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
2Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The walking year in Irondale Township
NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals for the town and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 59 to 86 °F and little rain for the place.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.0 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 15.8 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 8.6 |
| High (°F) | 20 | 26 | 38 | 53 | 66 | 76 | 80 | 78 | 69 | 54 | 38 | 25 |
| Rain (in) | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 0.9 |
January is the driest month (0.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 4.5 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Irondale Township →
Next door
Irondale Township and its neighbors
Irondale Township has the most mapped trails of the 8 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Irondale Township16 miOak Lawn Township9.7 miIronton5.1 miNokay Lake Township3.7 miTrommald3.5 miCrosby2.1 miRiverton1.7 miCenter Township1.0 mi
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irondale Township | 5% | 0.6 | 227 | 6% | B |
| Center Township | 6% | 0.1 | under 1 | under 1% | D |
| Trommald | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Riverton | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Ironton | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Oak Lawn Township | 4% | 0.3 | 6 | 5% | C |
| Nokay Lake Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Crosby | 1% | 0.7 | 8 | 93% | B |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Irondale Township
Where can I hike in Irondale Township?
The longest trail networks: Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area, 8.6 miles; Crow Wing State Forest, 0.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Irondale Township is conserved land?
5% of its land, against a typical 5% for a Minnesota town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Irondale Township’s trails?
Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area and Loerch Wildlife Management Area don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Irondale Township?
11 miles of bike routes are on the map: 11 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Irondale Township?
13,788 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Irondale Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1,077 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Irondale Township have?
Ahead of 62% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. The grade combines the share of land that is conserved, miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, park acres per 1,000 residents and the share of residents within a half mile of a park. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Irondale Township 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 →