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Drayton DrugPhoto: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Outdoors in Drayton Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Drayton Township

3% of Drayton Township’s land is conserved, about 715 acres. 5.9 miles of mapped trail cross Drayton Township, 0.2 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
3%
715 acres · of 34.9 sq mi of land
Trails
5.9 mi
0.2 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

715 conserved acres

3% of Drayton Township’s land. Who manages Drayton Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

USDA easements (NRCS)668 ac
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service73 ac
State Department of Land10 ac
Conservation Easement · 668 acResource Management Area · 73 acState Resource Management Area · 10 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 668 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Pembina County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service73Restricted
North Dakota State Forest Service Land
State Resource Management Area
State Department of Land10Open
Things to do

1 places to go in Drayton Township

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

Boat launches in Drayton Township

1 boat launch without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.

Trails & water

7 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 5.9 mi
79th Street Northeast1.0 mi
81st Street Northeast1.0 mi
156th Avenue Northeast1.0 mi
County Road 110.6 mi
162nd Avenue Northeast0.5 mi
78th Street Northeast0.5 mi
82nd Street Northeast0.2 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Drayton 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)8.710.111.713.615.216.115.714.312.510.79.18.3
High (°F)141933526776807970533420
Rain (in)0.70.50.91.13.03.93.42.52.31.70.90.8

February is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 3.9 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Drayton Township →

Next door

Drayton Township and its neighbors

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TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Drayton Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
St. Andrews Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Lincoln Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Midland 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 Drayton Township

Is there public land near Drayton Township?

174 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Drayton Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 11 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Drayton 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 →