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Burlington, North DakotaPhoto: Andrew Filer · CC BY-SA 2.0
B+Outdoors
Outdoors in Burlington

Burlington has 12 acres of parks, 11 for every 1,000 residents

1.7 miles of mapped trail cross Burlington, 0.9 per square mile of land. 85% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 3% of Burlington’s land is conserved, about 36 acres.

Ahead of 67% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
3%
36 acres · of 1.9 sq mi of land
Trails
1.7 mi
0.9 per sq mi of land
Park land
12 ac
11 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
85%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
1.5 mi
1.5 mi paths

What kind of outdoors town is Burlington?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

A trail town0.9 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, more than 78% of U.S. towns.Parks close to home85% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Burlington have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Burlington is ahead of 67% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.

B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Burlington’s overall grade.
Conserved land3% of the land · typical ND town 3% · U.S. 4%B−Trails0.9 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (2 mi) · ND 0.7 · U.S. 0.4A−Park land11 acres of park per 1,000 residents (12 acres) · ND 10 · U.S. 13B−Parks close to home85% of residents within a half mile of a park · ND 71% · U.S. 72%B+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 67%
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How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B to B+. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.

PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →

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

36 conserved acres

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

State land board36 ac
State Resource Management Area · 36 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Nd State Lands - Surface Ownership
State Resource Management Area
State land board36Open
Things to do

4 places to go in Burlington

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Playgrounds in Burlington

4 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

Biking & sports

1.5 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

1.5 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
2Baseball
1Basketball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

When to get out

The best walking months in Burlington: 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)8.810.111.713.615.216.115.714.312.510.79.18.4
High (°F)192436536775818171543724
Rain (in)0.40.40.61.02.63.52.71.91.61.30.70.5

January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 3.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Burlington →

Next door

Burlington and its neighbors

Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Kirkelie Township37 miBurlington Township27 miHarrison Township9.9 miBurlington1.7 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Burlington3%0.91185%B+
Burlington Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Harrison Townshipunder 1%0.52462%C+
Kirkelie 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 Burlington

How much of Burlington is conserved land?

3% of its land, against a typical 3% for a North Dakota town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.

Where can I bike in Burlington?

1.5 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.5 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Burlington?

1,232 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Burlington or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 41 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Burlington have?

Ahead of 67% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. The grade combines the share of land that is conserved, miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, park acres per 1,000 residents and the share of residents within a half mile of a park. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Burlington 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 →