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Outdoors in Alexander Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Alexander Township

11% of Alexander Township’s land is conserved, about 2,564 acres. 26 miles of mapped trail cross Alexander Township, 0.7 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
11%
2,564 acres · of 35.6 sq mi of land
Trails
26 mi
0.7 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
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

2,564 conserved acres

11% of Alexander Township’s land. Who manages Alexander Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service2,641 ac
State land board144 ac
Conservation Easement · 2,209 acResource Management Area · 432 acState Resource Management Area · 144 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 2,203 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Stutsman County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service432Restricted
Nd State Lands - Surface Ownership
State Resource Management Area
State land board144Open
Trails & water

5 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 25.7 mi
52nd Street Southeast2.6 mi
71st Avenue Southeast2.2 mi
69th Avenue Southeast2.0 mi
72nd Avenue Southeast0.1 mi
66th Avenue Southeast0.1 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Alexander 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)8.910.211.813.515.015.815.514.212.510.89.38.6
High (°F)202437536675817971553824
Rain (in)0.50.50.91.43.23.43.42.42.21.80.60.6

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 3.4 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Alexander Township →

Next door

Alexander Township and its neighbors

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Cusator Township38 miGlen Township31 miFinn Township29 miAlexander Township26 miGriffin Township23 miSharlow Township20 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Alexander Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Sharlow Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Griffin Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Cusator Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Finn Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Glen 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 Alexander Township

Is there public land near Alexander Township?

3,174 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Alexander Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 144 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Alexander 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 →