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Outdoors in Brandon Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Brandon Township

20% of Brandon Township’s land is conserved, about 4,521 acres. 32 miles of mapped trail cross Brandon Township, 0.9 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
20%
4,521 acres · of 34.7 sq mi of land
Trails
32 mi
0.9 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

4,521 conserved acres

20% of Brandon Township’s land. Who manages Brandon Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service4,727 ac
Conservation Easement · 4,314 acResource Management Area · 413 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 4,314 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Renville County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service413Restricted
Trails & water

9 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 31.5 mi
41st Avenue Northwest4.9 mi
38th Avenue Northwest4.8 mi
94th Street Northwest4.4 mi
92nd Street Northwest4.2 mi
39th Avenue Northwest3.0 mi
90th Street Northwest1.0 mi
40th Avenue Northwest1.0 mi
96th Street Northwest0.8 mi
7th Street Northeast0.4 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Brandon Township: May and July to 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)8.710.111.713.615.216.115.814.312.510.79.18.3
High (°F)182235536675818070533522
Rain (in)0.40.40.61.02.33.62.51.91.61.20.60.6

January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 3.6 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Brandon Township →

Next door

Brandon Township and its neighbors

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Hamlet Township39 miHurley Township38 miBrandon Township32 miMohall1.5 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Brandon Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Mohall— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Hamlet Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Hurley 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 Brandon Township

Is there public land near Brandon Township?

890 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Brandon 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 Brandon 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 →