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Outdoors in Danforth Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Danforth Township

3% of Danforth Township’s land is conserved, about 757 acres. 1.2 miles of mapped trail cross Danforth Township.

Conserved land
3%
757 acres · of 36.3 sq mi of land
Trails
1.2 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
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

757 conserved acres

3% of Danforth Township’s land. Who manages Danforth Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State natural resources757 ac
State Resource Management Area · 757 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Miscellaneous
State Resource Management Area
State natural resources757Open
History along the way

1 place on the National Register

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

History →
District No. 74 SchoolBuilding · listed 1992
About it
When to get out

September is the best month for walking in Danforth 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)9.010.311.813.514.915.715.414.112.510.89.48.6
High (°F)212739536775807869553926
Rain (in)0.80.81.42.73.64.44.54.03.33.21.61.1

January is the driest month (0.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 4.5 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Danforth Township →

Next door

Danforth Township and its neighbors

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Sandstone Township15 miClover Township9.7 miWilma Township3.5 miDanforth Township1.2 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Danforth Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Wilma Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Sandstone Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Clover 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 Danforth Township

Is there public land near Danforth Township?

39,117 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Danforth Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 761 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Danforth 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 →