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Roscoe Butter and Cheese FactoryRoscoe Butter and Cheese Factory · Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Outdoors in Roscoe Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Roscoe Township

OpenStreetMap doesn’t show named parks or mapped trails in Roscoe 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%
204 acres · of 35.7 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

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Who protects it

204 conserved acres

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

USDA easements (NRCS)114 ac
State fish & wildlife49 ac
Other state land41 ac
Conservation Easement · 155 acState Conservation Area · 49 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 155 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Roscoe State Wildlife Management Area
State Conservation Area
State fish & wildlife49Restricted
Trails & water

1 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
North Branch Middle Fork Zumbro River
History along the way

1 place on the National Register

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

History →
Roscoe Butter and Cheese FactoryBuilding · listed 1980
About it
When to get out

The walking year in Roscoe 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)222740556877817972584128
Rain (in)1.01.01.93.34.45.34.34.63.72.61.71.3

January is the driest month (1.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 5.3 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Roscoe Township →

Next door

Roscoe Township and its neighbors

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New Haven Township4.5 miZumbrota1.4 miMinneola Township0.3 miRoscoe Township0.0 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Roscoe Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Zumbrota3%0.52082%B+
Minneola Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
New Haven Townshipunder 1%0.111626%C

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Roscoe Township

Is there public land near Roscoe Township?

1,564 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Roscoe 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 Roscoe 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 →