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Outdoors in Butte Valley Township

More than half of Butte Valley Township’s land is conserved: 56%

56% of Butte Valley Township’s land is conserved, about 12,558 acres. 21 miles of mapped trail cross Butte Valley Township, 0.6 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
56%
12,558 acres · of 35.3 sq mi of land
Trails
21 mi
0.6 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
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

12,558 conserved acres

56% of Butte Valley Township’s land. Who manages Butte Valley Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service12,834 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)1,580 ac
State land board85 ac
Conservation Easement · 13,898 acResource Management Area · 517 acState Resource Management Area · 85 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 12,215 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 Service517Restricted
Nd State Lands - Surface Ownership
State Resource Management Area
State land board85Open
Trails & water

1 named trail and 1 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Unpaved · 21.1 mi
48th Avenue Northeast0.8 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Fish Lake
When to get out

The best walking months in Butte Valley 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)172134516674797970533521
Rain (in)0.40.40.61.02.63.93.22.31.91.40.60.5

January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 79 °F). 3.9 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Butte Valley Township →

Next door

Butte Valley Township and its neighbors

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Beaver Township34 miMcClellan Township27 miButte Valley Township21 miAlbert Township18 miBroe Township15 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Butte Valley Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
McClellan Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Broe Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Albert Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Beaver 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 Butte Valley Township

Is there public land near Butte Valley Township?

3,498 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Butte Valley Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 81 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Butte Valley 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 →