Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
11 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗
C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Menominee Township
10% of Menominee Township’s land is conserved: 1,714 acres
3.2 miles of mapped trail cross Menominee Township, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 18% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
10%
1,714 acres · of 27.9 sq mi of land
Trails
3.2 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
3
What kind of outdoors town is Menominee Township?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Menominee Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Menominee Township is ahead of 18% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Menominee Township’s overall grade.
Conserved land10% of the land · typical IL town 4% · U.S. 4%A−Trails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (3 mi) · IL 0.3 · U.S. 0.4CPark land0.0 acres of park per 1,000 residents (0 acres) · IL 15 · U.S. 13DParks close to home0% of residents within a half mile of a park · IL 88% · U.S. 72%D−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 18%
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Water is 8% of Menominee Township’s area (2 of 30 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 9%.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Menominee Township. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C. 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
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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.
Who protects it
1,714 conserved acres
10% of Menominee Township’s land. Water is left out: Menominee Township has 27.9 square miles of land and 2.4 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Menominee Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Army Corps of Engineers1,701 ac
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service40 ac
Recreation Management Area · 1,701 acNational Wildlife Refuge · 40 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Rv Pools 11-22 Recreation Area Recreation Management Area | Army Corps of Engineers | 1,701 | Open |
| Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge National Wildlife Refuge | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 40 | Restricted |
Trails & water
3 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
When to get out
September is the best month for walking in Menominee 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) | 9.4 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 9.1 |
| High (°F) | 28 | 32 | 45 | 59 | 71 | 80 | 83 | 81 | 74 | 61 | 46 | 33 |
| Rain (in) | 1.3 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.7 |
January is the driest month (1.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 5.6 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Menominee Township →
Next door
Menominee Township and its neighbors
Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Jamestown6.7 miHazel Green5.1 miDunleith Township4.9 miMenominee Township3.2 miWest Galena Township1.8 mi
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menominee Township | 10% | 0.1 | under 1 | under 1% | C− |
| West Galena Township | 33% | 0.2 | 43 | 86% | A− |
| Dunleith Township | 23% | 0.5 | 40 | 67% | A− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Menominee Township
How much of Menominee Township is conserved land?
10% of its land, against a typical 4% for an Illinois town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Menominee Township’s trails?
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Menominee Township?
16,949 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Menominee Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1,724 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Menominee Township have?
Ahead of 18% 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 Menominee 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 →