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Outdoors in Oak Grove

Few parks or trails are on the map in Oak Grove

167 acres are parks and preserves, 173 per 1,000 residents. 12 miles of mapped trail cross Oak Grove, 0.3 per square mile of land. 48% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Conserved land
1%
161 acres · of 34.7 sq mi of land
Trails
12 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
167 ac
173 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
48%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
4
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
Who protects it

161 conserved acres

1% of Oak Grove’s land. Who manages Oak Grove’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State natural resources176 ac
County1 ac
State Park · 143 acState Conservation Area · 16 acState Resource Management Area · 16 acLocal Conservation Area · 1 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Tuscobia State Trail
State Park
State natural resources78Open
Wild Rivers State Trail
State Park
State natural resources65Open
State Owned Islands
State Conservation Area
State natural resources16Open
State Owned Islands - Nw
State Resource Management Area
State natural resources16Open
Barron County Forest
Local Conservation Area
County1Open
Things to do

1 places to go in Oak Grove

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Campgrounds in Oak Grove
Northwood ShoresFee
Directions
Trails & water

2 named trails and 4 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Open to bikes · 11.1 miHorses · 5.3 miUnpaved · 6.6 mi
Tuscobia State Trail5.7 mi
Wild Rivers State Trail5.3 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
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.

Tuscobia State TrailBike route
5.7 mi
Wild Rivers State TrailBike route
5.3 mi
Courts & fields
1Baseball
1Basketball
1Tennis

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

When to get out

The walking year in Oak Grove

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)9.110.311.813.514.915.715.314.112.510.89.48.7
High (°F)212639536676807769553926
Rain (in)0.91.01.72.94.04.54.34.23.63.21.81.3

January is the driest month (0.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 4.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Oak Grove →

Next door

Oak Grove and its neighbors

Oak Grove has the second most mapped trails of the 6 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Oak Grove— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Rice Lake1%0.41033%C
Haugen— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Cedar Lake25%0.35,56768%A
Long Lake— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Bear Lake— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Oak Grove

Is there public land near Oak Grove?

60,801 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Oak Grove or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 167 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Oak Grove 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 →