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Outdoors in Broe Township

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

53% of Broe Township’s land is conserved, about 12,125 acres. 15 miles of mapped trail cross Broe Township, 0.4 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
53%
12,125 acres · of 35.5 sq mi of land
Trails
15 mi
0.4 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

12,125 conserved acres

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

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service12,116 ac
State land board313 ac
Conservation Easement · 11,502 acResource Management Area · 614 acState Resource Management Area · 313 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 11,502 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Benson County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service614Restricted
Nd State Lands - Surface Ownership
State Resource Management Area
State land board313Open
Trails & water

9 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 14.9 mi
51st Street Northeast2.9 mi
46th Avenue Northeast2.4 mi
44th Avenue Northeast1.0 mi
48th Avenue Northeast0.9 mi
50th Street Northeast0.6 mi
49th Street Northeast0.5 mi
53rd Street Northeast0.2 mi
54th Street Northeast0.2 mi
48th Street Northeast0.1 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Broe 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)8.810.111.713.615.216.015.714.312.510.79.28.4
High (°F)172134526674807970543521
Rain (in)0.40.40.61.02.73.93.22.21.81.40.60.5

January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 3.9 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Broe Township →

Next door

Broe Township and its neighbors

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Twin Lake Township26 miIsabel Township26 miImpark Township22 miButte Valley Township21 miBroe Township15 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Broe Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Twin Lake Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Butte Valley Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Isabel Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Impark 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 Broe Township

Is there public land near Broe Township?

5,525 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Broe Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 316 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Broe 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 →