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Outdoors in Columbia Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Columbia Township

50% of Columbia Township’s land is conserved, about 11,132 acres. 16 miles of mapped trail cross Columbia Township, 0.5 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
50%
11,132 acres · of 34.9 sq mi of land
Trails
16 mi
0.5 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

11,132 conserved acres

50% of Columbia Township’s land. Who manages Columbia Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service10,604 ac
State land board755 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)582 ac
Conservation Easement · 10,968 acState Resource Management Area · 755 acResource Management Area · 219 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 10,267 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 board755Open
Eddy County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service219Restricted
Trails & water

5 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 15.8 mi
81st Avenue Northeast2.0 mi
16th Street Northeast1.6 mi
17th Street Northeast1.6 mi
83rd Avenue Northeast0.6 mi
12th Street Northeast0.2 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Columbia 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)8.810.211.813.615.116.015.614.312.510.79.28.4
High (°F)172235526776818070543622
Rain (in)0.50.40.71.12.63.53.52.42.01.60.70.6

February 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 Columbia Township →

Next door

Columbia Township and its neighbors

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Lake Washington Township35 miLarrabee Township23 miTiffany Township22 miCherry Lake Township20 miPleasant Prairie Township17 miColumbia Township16 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Columbia Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Pleasant Prairie Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Tiffany Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Cherry Lake Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Larrabee Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Lake Washington 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 Columbia Township

Is there public land near Columbia Township?

8,649 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Columbia Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 757 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Columbia 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 →