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Outdoors in Cameron Township

More than half of Cameron Township’s land is conserved: 53%

53% of Cameron Township’s land is conserved, about 11,799 acres. 26 miles of mapped trail cross Cameron Township, 0.7 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
53%
11,799 acres · of 34.6 sq mi of land
Trails
26 mi
0.7 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

11,799 conserved acres

53% of Cameron Township’s land. Who manages Cameron Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service11,856 ac
State land board638 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)142 ac
Conservation Easement · 11,868 acState Resource Management Area · 638 acResource Management Area · 130 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 11,096 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 board638Open
Ward County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service130Restricted
Trails & water

10 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 25.8 mi
345th Avenue Southwest4.5 mi
184th Street Southwest3.4 mi
170th Street Southwest3.1 mi
317th Avenue Southwest3.0 mi
331st Avenue Southwest1.0 mi
373rd Avenue Southwest0.8 mi
128th Street Southwest0.7 mi
289th Avenue Southwest0.7 mi
198th Street Southwest0.6 mi
212th Street Southwest0.6 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Cameron 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)8.810.211.713.615.116.015.614.312.510.79.28.4
High (°F)202436526574818170543724
Rain (in)0.40.50.71.22.73.62.72.01.71.20.70.6

January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 3.6 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Cameron Township →

Next door

Cameron Township and its neighbors

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Douglas Township41 miSpring Lake Township30 miRice Lake Township29 miCameron Township26 miRyder Township25 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Cameron Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Spring Lake Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Ryder Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Rice Lake Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Douglas 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 Cameron Township

Is there public land near Cameron Township?

7,175 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Cameron Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 638 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Cameron 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 →