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Post office in Alsen, North Dakota 7-19-2009Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0
–Not graded
Outdoors in Alsen

Few parks or trails are on the map in Alsen

24% of Alsen’s land is conserved, about 4,424 acres. 8.4 miles of mapped trail cross Alsen, 0.3 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
24%
4,424 acres · of 29.4 sq mi of land
Trails
8.4 mi
0.3 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

4,424 conserved acres

24% of Alsen’s land. Who manages Alsen’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service4,192 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)1,619 ac
Conservation Easement · 5,494 acResource Management Area · 317 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 4,265 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Cavalier County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service317Restricted
Trails & water

2 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 8.4 mi
83rd Street Northeast1.5 mi
92nd Avenue Northeast0.6 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Alsen: 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)8.710.111.713.615.216.115.714.312.510.79.18.3
High (°F)141931506474787868523319
Rain (in)0.50.50.71.02.83.83.32.52.11.50.80.7

February is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 78 °F). 3.8 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Alsen →

Next door

Alsen and its neighbors

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Henderson Township18 miGordon Township16 miBanner Township12 miStorlie Township9.0 miAlsen8.4 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Alsen— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Storlie Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Banner Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Gordon Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Henderson 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 Alsen

Is there public land near Alsen?

81 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Alsen or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the city line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Alsen 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 →