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Outdoors in Buckeye Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Buckeye Township

36% of Buckeye Township’s land is conserved, about 7,412 acres. 47 miles of mapped trail cross Buckeye Township, 1.5 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
36%
7,412 acres · of 32.5 sq mi of land
Trails
47 mi
1.5 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
2
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

7,412 conserved acres

36% of Buckeye Township’s land. Water is left out: Buckeye Township has 32.5 square miles of land and 3.4 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Buckeye Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service6,793 ac
State land board1,118 ac
Conservation Easement · 6,480 acState Resource Management Area · 1,118 acResource Management Area · 313 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 6,137 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 board1,118Open
Kidder County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service313Restricted
Trails & water

8 named trails and 2 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Unpaved · 47.3 mi
38th Avenue Southeast5.0 mi
25th Street Southeast2.9 mi
28th Street Southeast2.5 mi
27th Street Southeast2.4 mi
37th Avenue Southeast1.9 mi
29th Street Southeast1.5 mi
41st Avenue Southeast1.0 mi
26th Street Southeast1.0 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
When to get out

The best walking months in Buckeye 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)8.910.211.813.515.015.915.514.212.510.89.38.5
High (°F)182336536675818071553723
Rain (in)0.50.50.71.22.73.43.22.31.91.60.60.7

February is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 3.4 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Buckeye Township →

Next door

Buckeye Township and its neighbors

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

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Buckeye Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Weiser Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Lake Williams Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Quinby Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Westford 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 Buckeye Township

Is there public land near Buckeye Township?

14,299 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Buckeye Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1,116 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Buckeye 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 →