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Outdoors in Anna Township

More than half of Anna Township’s land is conserved: 53%

53% of Anna Township’s land is conserved, about 11,869 acres. 35 miles of mapped trail cross Anna Township, 1.0 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
53%
11,869 acres · of 35.1 sq mi of land
Trails
35 mi
1.0 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Who protects it

11,869 conserved acres

53% of Anna Township’s land. Who manages Anna Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service12,760 ac
State land board799 ac
Conservation Easement · 11,969 acState Resource Management Area · 799 acResource Management Area · 791 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 10,674 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 board799Open
Ward County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service791Restricted
Trails & water

10 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 35.3 mi
261st Avenue Southwest4.0 mi
240th Street Southwest3.4 mi
226th Street Southwest1.9 mi
205th Avenue Southwest1.4 mi
268th Street Southwest1.0 mi
219th Avenue Southwest1.0 mi
282nd Street Southwest0.8 mi
212th Street Southwest0.6 mi
289th Avenue Southwest0.3 mi
275th Avenue Southwest0.3 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Anna 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)8.810.111.713.615.116.015.714.312.510.79.28.4
High (°F)202437536674818171543724
Rain (in)0.40.50.71.12.63.52.72.01.71.20.60.6

January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 3.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Anna Township →

Next door

Anna Township and its neighbors

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

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Anna Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Ryder Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Rice Lake Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Orlien Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Linton 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 Anna Township

Is there public land near Anna Township?

6,427 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Anna Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 798 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Anna 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 →