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Outdoors in Alger Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Alger Township

19% of Alger Township’s land is conserved, about 4,374 acres. 22 miles of mapped trail cross Alger Township, 0.6 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
19%
4,374 acres · of 35.4 sq mi of land
Trails
22 mi
0.6 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

4,374 conserved acres

19% of Alger Township’s land. Who manages Alger Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service3,830 ac
State land board1,263 ac
Conservation Easement · 3,650 acState Resource Management Area · 1,263 acResource Management Area · 179 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 3,020 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Nd State Lands - Surface Ownership
State Resource Management Area
State land board1,263Open
Mountrail County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service179Restricted
Trails & water

2 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 18.0 mi
85th Avenue Northwest1.5 mi
54th Street Northwest0.9 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Alger Township: May, 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)8.810.111.713.615.216.115.714.312.510.79.18.4
High (°F)192437536574818170543623
Rain (in)0.40.40.61.12.33.42.91.91.61.10.60.6

February is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 3.4 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Alger Township →

Next door

Alger Township and its neighbors

Alger Township has the most mapped trails of the 5 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Alger Township22 miPurcell Township18 miDebing Township11 miRoss Township9.6 miBrookbank Township9.3 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Alger Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Ross Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Brookbank Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Purcell Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Debing 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 Alger Township

Is there public land near Alger Township?

18,277 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Alger Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1,276 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Alger 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 →