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Outdoors in Brown Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Brown Township

7% of Brown Township’s land is conserved, about 1,652 acres. 34 miles of mapped trail cross Brown Township, 1.0 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
7%
1,652 acres · of 35.2 sq mi of land
Trails
34 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

1,652 conserved acres

7% of Brown Township’s land. Who manages Brown Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service1,664 ac
Conservation Easement · 1,640 acResource Management Area · 24 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 1,640 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Mchenry County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service24Restricted
Trails & water

9 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 33.6 mi
15th Avenue North4.5 mi
40th Street North3.3 mi
17th Avenue North2.9 mi
13th Avenue North2.7 mi
14th Avenue North2.0 mi
37th Street North1.4 mi
41st Street North1.2 mi
36th Street North0.8 mi
42nd Street North0.2 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Brown 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)8.810.211.713.615.116.015.714.312.510.79.28.4
High (°F)192436536675818171553724
Rain (in)0.50.50.71.12.73.72.72.11.71.40.70.6

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 3.7 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Brown Township →

Next door

Brown Township and its neighbors

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Brillian Township41 miGreely Township35 miBrown Township34 miVelva Township32 miLebanon Township28 miBjornson Township26 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Brown Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Brillian Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Lebanon Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Bjornson Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Velva Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Greely 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 Brown Township

Is there public land near Brown Township?

2,908 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Brown 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 Brown 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 →