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Outdoors in Deer Lake Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Deer Lake Township

31% of Deer Lake Township’s land is conserved, about 6,797 acres. 17 miles of mapped trail cross Deer Lake Township, 0.5 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
31%
6,797 acres · of 34.4 sq mi of land
Trails
17 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

6,797 conserved acres

31% of Deer Lake Township’s land. Who manages Deer Lake Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service9,442 ac
State land board161 ac
Conservation Easement · 8,687 acResource Management Area · 755 acState Resource Management Area · 161 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 6,258 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 Service755Restricted
Nd State Lands - Surface Ownership
State Resource Management Area
State land board161Open
Trails & water

9 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 17.4 mi
30th Street Southeast2.6 mi
69th Avenue Southeast2.2 mi
67th Avenue Southeast2.0 mi
29th Street Southeast1.9 mi
68th Avenue Southeast1.1 mi
70th Avenue Southeast1.1 mi
28th Street Southeast1.0 mi
27th Street Southeast0.5 mi
71st Avenue Southeast0.5 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Deer Lake 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)8.910.211.813.515.015.915.514.212.510.89.38.5
High (°F)182335526675807970543723
Rain (in)0.50.50.71.33.13.43.52.42.11.70.60.6

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 3.5 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Deer Lake Township →

Next door

Deer Lake Township and its neighbors

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Windsor Township27 miHidden Township24 miRound Top Township20 miValley Spring Township18 miDeer Lake Township17 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Deer Lake Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Hidden Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Round Top Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Valley Spring Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Windsor 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 Deer Lake Township

Is there public land near Deer Lake Township?

9,795 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Deer Lake Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 164 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Deer Lake 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 →