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Outdoors in Chester Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Chester Township

OpenStreetMap doesn’t show named parks or mapped trails in Chester Township yet. Know a trail or a town park? Anyone can add it to OpenStreetMap, and it shows up here on the next refresh.

Conserved land
under 1%
18 acres · of 35.5 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
2
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
Who protects it

18 conserved acres

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

State fish & wildlife18 ac
State Conservation Area · 18 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Cold Spring Brook State Aquatic Management Area (Wabasha)
State Conservation Area
State fish & wildlife18Restricted
Trails & water

2 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Cold CreekZumbro River
History along the way

1 place on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Bear Valley Grange HallBuilding · listed 1989
About it
When to get out

The walking year in Chester 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.210.411.813.414.815.515.214.012.410.99.58.9
High (°F)232841566878827972584229
Rain (in)1.01.01.93.34.35.44.24.63.72.51.81.3

January is the driest month (1.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 5.4 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Chester Township →

Next door

Chester Township and its neighbors

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Belvidere Township1.5 miMazeppa Township0.7 miZumbrota Township0.2 miChester Township0.0 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Chester Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Mazeppa Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Zumbrota Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Belvidere Township— 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 Chester Township

Is there public land near Chester Township?

3,114 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Chester Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Chester Township 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 →