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Outdoors in Ada Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Ada Township

43% of Ada Township’s land is conserved, about 9,851 acres. 15 miles of mapped trail cross Ada Township, 0.4 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
43%
9,851 acres · of 36.0 sq mi of land
Trails
15 mi
0.4 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
1,457 ft
Cannon Hill
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

9,851 conserved acres

43% of Ada Township’s land. Who manages Ada Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service10,211 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)36 ac
Conservation Easement · 9,458 acResource Management Area · 788 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 9,455 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Dickey County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service788Restricted
Things to do

1 places to go in Ada Township

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Peaks in Ada Township
Cannon Hill1,457 ft elevation
Directions
Trails & water

5 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 14.9 mi
101st Avenue Southeast4.0 mi
100th Street Southeast3.8 mi
96th Street Southeast1.9 mi
98th Street Southeast1.2 mi
99th Street Southeast1.0 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Ada Township: August and September

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)9.010.311.813.514.915.715.414.112.510.89.48.7
High (°F)202539546877828172573925
Rain (in)0.50.61.01.83.33.93.62.62.42.10.70.6

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 3.9 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Ada Township →

Next door

Ada Township and its neighbors

Ada Township has the second most mapped trails of the 4 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Van Meter Township16 miAda Township15 miKent Township13 miPort Emma Township4.9 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Ada Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Kent Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Port Emma Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Van Meter 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 Ada Township

Is there public land near Ada Township?

418 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Ada 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 Ada 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 →