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Tamarack City Hall in Tamarack, MinnesotaPhoto: Lorie Shaull · CC BY 2.0
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Outdoors in Tamarack

Few parks or trails are on the map in Tamarack

9% of Tamarack’s land is conserved, about 195 acres. 3 acres are parks and preserves, 61 per 1,000 residents. 0.5 miles of mapped trail cross Tamarack, 0.1 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
9%
195 acres · of 3.5 sq mi of land
Trails
0.5 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
3 ac
61 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
40%
of residents within ½ mile
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Savanna State Forest

Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗

Tamarack City Park

Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

195 conserved acres

9% of Tamarack’s land. Who manages Tamarack’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State natural resources195 ac
State Resource Management Area · 195 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Miscellaneous
State Resource Management Area
State natural resources194Open
Savanna State Forest
State Resource Management Area
State natural resources2Open
Biking & sports

0.0 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Courts & fields
1Baseball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

When to get out

The walking year in Tamarack

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)8.910.211.813.515.015.815.514.212.510.89.38.6
High (°F)192538516574797768533724
Rain (in)0.80.81.32.33.34.64.43.73.22.91.51.1

January is the driest month (0.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 79 °F). 4.6 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Tamarack →

Questions about parks and trails in Tamarack

Are dogs allowed on Tamarack’s trails?

Savanna State Forest and Tamarack City Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Tamarack?

42,757 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Tamarack or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 198 of them inside the city line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Tamarack neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →