Stanley Eddy Regional Park - North Unit
Managed by Wright County
112 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Southside Township
Southside Township has 114 acres of parks, 84 for every 1,000 residents
0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Southside Township. 9% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 4% of Southside Township’s land is conserved, about 632 acres.
Ahead of 36% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
4%
632 acres · of 24.2 sq mi of land
Trails
0.1 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
114 ac
84 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
9%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.7 mi
0.7 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
11
What kind of outdoors town is Southside Township?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Southside Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Southside Township is ahead of 36% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Southside Township’s overall grade.
Conserved land4% of the land · typical MN town 5% · U.S. 4%BTrails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · MN 0.5 · U.S. 0.4DPark land84 acres of park per 1,000 residents (114 acres) · MN 24 · U.S. 13AParks close to home9% of residents within a half mile of a park · MN 95% · U.S. 72%D
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 36%
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Water is 14% of Southside Township’s area (4 of 28 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 4%.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B−. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
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
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
A Shau Valley Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
92 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it
632 conserved acres
4% of Southside Township’s land. Water is left out: Southside Township has 24.2 square miles of land and 4.0 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Southside Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service391 ac
Other state land100 ac
State fish & wildlife92 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)49 ac
Conservation Easement · 539 acState Conservation Area · 92 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 539 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Shau Valley State Wildlife Management Area State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 92 | Restricted |
Trails & water
11 lakes & rivers
Biking & sports
0.7 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.7 mi
off-road bike paths
When to get out
The walking year in Southside 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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.1 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.9 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°F) | 21 | 27 | 39 | 55 | 68 | 78 | 82 | 79 | 71 | 57 | 40 | 26 |
| Rain (in) | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 0.9 |
January is the driest month (0.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 4.4 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Southside Township →
Next door
Southside Township and its neighbors
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French Lake Township12 miAnnandale1.7 miFair Haven Township1.4 miKingston Township0.2 miSouthside Township0.1 miFairhaven0.0 miCorinna Township0.0 mi
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southside Township | 4% | under 0.1 | 84 | 9% | C+ |
| Fair Haven Township | 1% | under 0.1 | 3 | 24% | D |
| Fairhaven | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| French Lake Township | 5% | 0.4 | 524 | 36% | B+ |
| Annandale | 1% | 0.5 | 6 | 87% | B− |
| Corinna Township | 5% | under 0.1 | 78 | 7% | C |
| Kingston Township | 4% | under 0.1 | 6 | under 1% | C− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Southside Township
How much of Southside Township is conserved land?
4% of its land, against a typical 5% for a Minnesota town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Southside Township’s trails?
Stanley Eddy Regional Park - North Unit and A Shau Valley Wildlife Management Area don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Southside Township?
0.7 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.7 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Southside Township?
4,569 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Southside Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 115 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Southside Township have?
Ahead of 36% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. The grade combines the share of land that is conserved, miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, park acres per 1,000 residents and the share of residents within a half mile of a park. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Southside Township neighbors.
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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 →