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Buena Vista Township, Bowman County, North DakotaPhoto: Ragazzi3 · CC BY-SA 3.0
–Not graded
Outdoors in Buena Vista Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Buena Vista Township

3% of Buena Vista Township’s land is conserved, about 635 acres. 43 miles of mapped trail cross Buena Vista Township, 1.4 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
3%
635 acres · of 30.6 sq mi of land
Trails
43 mi
1.4 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Who protects it

635 conserved acres

3% of Buena Vista Township’s land. Who manages Buena Vista Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State land board635 ac
State Resource Management Area · 635 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Nd State Lands - Surface Ownership
State Resource Management Area
State land board635Open
When to get out

The best walking months in Buena Vista Township: 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)9.010.311.813.515.015.815.414.112.510.89.38.6
High (°F)283142546575848373564231
Rain (in)0.40.40.71.52.72.92.21.61.51.40.50.4

January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 2.9 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Buena Vista Township →

Next door

Buena Vista Township and its neighbors

Buena Vista Township has the most mapped trails of the 4 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Buena Vista Township43 miCedar Creek Township42 miStillwater Township36 miFischbein Township26 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Buena Vista Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Stillwater Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Cedar Creek Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Fischbein 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 Buena Vista Township

Is there public land near Buena Vista Township?

6,417 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Buena Vista Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 641 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Buena Vista 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 →