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Zion Lutheran ChurchZion Lutheran Church · Photo: J Ella · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Outdoors in Shelly Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Shelly Township

23 miles of mapped trail cross Shelly Township, 0.5 per square mile of land. 3% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Conserved land
1%
184 acres · of 42.1 sq mi of land
Trails
23 mi
0.5 per sq mi of land
Near a park
3%
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

184 conserved acres

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

Other state land180 ac
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service5 ac
Conservation Easement · 184 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 184 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

Trails & water

1 named trail and 1 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Unpaved · 5.5 mi
FireFrost ATV Trail5.5 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Marsh River
History along the way

1 place on the National Register

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

History →
Zion Lutheran ChurchBuilding · listed 1999
About it
When to get out

The walking year in Shelly 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)8.810.211.813.615.115.915.614.212.510.89.28.5
High (°F)172236536877818071553723
Rain (in)0.60.61.01.32.84.13.52.92.72.10.80.7

February is the driest month (0.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 4.1 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Shelly Township →

Next door

Shelly Township and its neighbors

Shelly Township has the second most mapped trails of the 7 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Herberg Township36 miShelly Township23 miHubbard Township20 miGood Hope Township18 miHalstad Township17 miCaledonia Township16 miBingham Township15 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Shelly Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Hubbard Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Good Hope Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Halstad 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 Shelly Township

Is there public land near Shelly Township?

69 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Shelly 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 Shelly 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 →