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Outdoors in Ball Hill Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Ball Hill Township

19% of Ball Hill Township’s land is conserved, about 4,465 acres. 30 miles of mapped trail cross Ball Hill Township, 0.8 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
19%
4,465 acres · of 36.5 sq mi of land
Trails
30 mi
0.8 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

4,465 conserved acres

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

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service4,465 ac
Conservation Easement · 4,465 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 4,465 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

Trails & water

6 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 30.2 mi
3rd Street Southeast3.8 mi
108th Avenue Southeast3.6 mi
5th Street Southeast2.5 mi
1st Street Southeast1.0 mi
6th Street Southeast0.9 mi
113th Avenue Southeast0.7 mi
When to get out

September is the best month for walking in Ball Hill Township

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)8.910.211.813.615.115.915.614.212.510.89.28.5
High (°F)172235526675807970543622
Rain (in)0.50.50.81.23.03.63.72.72.21.80.70.7

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 3.7 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Ball Hill Township →

Next door

Ball Hill Township and its neighbors

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

Ball Hill Township30 miGreenfield Township29 miSverdrup Township27 miHelena Township27 miCooperstown Township20 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Ball Hill Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Helena Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Cooperstown Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Greenfield Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Sverdrup 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 Ball Hill Township

Is there public land near Ball Hill Township?

489 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Ball Hill Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Ball Hill 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 →