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Outdoors in Cusator Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Cusator Township

8% of Cusator Township’s land is conserved, about 1,845 acres. 38 miles of mapped trail cross Cusator Township, 1.1 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
8%
1,845 acres · of 34.9 sq mi of land
Trails
38 mi
1.1 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
1,903 ft
Mount Pleasant
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

1,845 conserved acres

8% of Cusator Township’s land. Who manages Cusator Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service2,222 ac
Conservation Easement · 1,476 acResource Management Area · 746 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 1,472 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Stutsman County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service746Restricted
Things to do

1 places to go in Cusator Township

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

Peaks in Cusator Township
Mount Pleasant1,903 ft elevation
Directions
Trails & water

7 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 38.2 mi
69th Avenue Southeast4.5 mi
67th Avenue Southeast2.2 mi
44th Street Southeast2.0 mi
43rd Street Southeast2.0 mi
66th Avenue Southeast1.0 mi
72nd Avenue Southeast0.9 mi
42nd Street Southeast0.6 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Cusator 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)8.910.211.813.515.015.815.514.212.510.89.38.6
High (°F)202437536675817971553724
Rain (in)0.50.50.91.43.23.43.42.42.21.80.60.6

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 3.4 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Cusator Township →

Next door

Cusator Township and its neighbors

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Moon Lake Township50 miLenton Township46 miCusator Township38 miAlexander Township26 miSinclair Township20 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Cusator Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Lenton Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Moon Lake Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Alexander Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Sinclair 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 Cusator Township

Is there public land near Cusator Township?

2,132 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Cusator Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Cusator 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 →