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Outdoors in Dale Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Dale Township

29% of Dale Township’s land is conserved, about 6,679 acres. 42 miles of mapped trail cross Dale Township, 1.2 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
29%
6,679 acres · of 35.5 sq mi of land
Trails
42 mi
1.2 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

6,679 conserved acres

29% of Dale Township’s land. Who manages Dale Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service6,193 ac
State land board486 ac
Conservation Easement · 6,193 acState Resource Management Area · 486 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 6,194 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 board486Open
Trails & water

8 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 41.5 mi
79th Avenue Northwest6.0 mi
96th Street Northwest5.5 mi
100th Street Northwest4.6 mi
99th Street Northwest3.8 mi
81st Avenue Northwest3.0 mi
97th Street Northwest2.8 mi
83rd Avenue Northwest2.4 mi
82nd Avenue Northwest0.4 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Dale Township: May, 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)8.710.111.713.615.216.215.814.412.510.79.18.3
High (°F)182235536674808069533522
Rain (in)0.50.50.71.12.53.62.81.91.71.20.70.5

February is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 3.6 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Dale Township →

Next door

Dale Township and its neighbors

Dale Township has the most mapped trails of the 4 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Dale Township42 miVale Township39 miSoo Township35 miClayton Township30 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Dale Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Clayton Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Vale Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Soo 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 Dale Township

Is there public land near Dale Township?

6,829 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Dale Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 491 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Dale Township 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 →