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Outdoors in Atwood Township

More than half of Atwood Township’s land is conserved: 68%

68% of Atwood Township’s land is conserved, about 14,589 acres. 33 miles of mapped trail cross Atwood Township, 1.0 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
68%
14,589 acres · of 33.5 sq mi of land
Trails
33 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

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

14,589 conserved acres

68% of Atwood Township’s land. Water is left out: Atwood Township has 33.5 square miles of land and 2.0 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Atwood Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service18,100 ac
State land board1,290 ac
Conservation Easement · 17,455 acState Resource Management Area · 1,290 acResource Management Area · 645 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 12,977 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 board1,290Open
Kidder County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service645Restricted
Trails & water

7 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 32.5 mi
26th Avenue Southeast4.8 mi
17th Street Southeast2.9 mi
18th Street Southeast2.9 mi
16th Street Southeast2.5 mi
30th Avenue Southeast1.1 mi
24th Avenue Southeast0.6 mi
27th Avenue Southeast0.6 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Atwood 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)8.910.211.813.515.115.915.614.212.510.89.28.5
High (°F)182236526675818071543723
Rain (in)0.40.40.71.22.73.33.02.31.91.40.60.6

January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 3.3 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Atwood Township →

Next door

Atwood Township and its neighbors

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Merkel Township66 miStewart Township34 miAtwood Township33 miClear Lake Township31 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Atwood Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Stewart Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Clear Lake Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Merkel 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 Atwood Township

Is there public land near Atwood Township?

15,805 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Atwood Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1,282 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Atwood 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 →