Recreation Compass (MN)
Statewide map of public land, parks, trails, water accesses and hunting areas. The online successor to the printed PRIM public land maps.
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What you can look up here
- RoadsFind the road authority for plowing, maintenance, and driveway permits.
- Public landState, county, and federal land open to the public, and land the county sells.
- Lakes and waterLake depth maps, water quality, public access, and public waters status.
About this resource
- Provided by
- Minnesota DNR (official)
- Covers
- All of Minnesota
- Link status
- Opened normally at the last check
- Link checked
- Oct 10, 2026
- Web address
- https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/maps/compass.html
The old DNR PRIM map pages (maps/prim/*) return 404 and maps/prim.html redirects to the Maps index. The embedded app host maps.dnr.state.mn.us/compass/ returns 403 to direct curl; use this landing page.
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