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Outdoors in Echo Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Echo Township

OpenStreetMap doesn’t show named parks or mapped trails in Echo 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
1%
177 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
1
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

177 conserved acres

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

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service119 ac
Other state land117 ac
Resource Management Area · 119 acConservation Easement · 117 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 117 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Yellow Medicine County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service119Restricted
Trails & water

1 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Curtis Lakelake
When to get out

The walking year in Echo 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)9.210.411.813.414.815.515.214.012.410.99.58.8
High (°F)232840567080838174594228
Rain (in)0.60.71.52.63.74.63.73.93.22.31.30.8

January is the driest month (0.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 4.6 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Echo Township →

Next door

Echo Township and its neighbors

Echo Township has the second most mapped trails of the 3 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Sioux Agency Township5.7 miEcho Township0.0 miPosen Township0.0 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Echo Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Posen Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Sioux Agency 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 Echo Township

Is there public land near Echo Township?

1,151 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Echo 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 Echo 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 →