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Outdoors in Dresden Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Dresden Township

9% of Dresden Township’s land is conserved, about 2,480 acres. 31 miles of mapped trail cross Dresden Township, 0.7 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
9%
2,480 acres · of 43.8 sq mi of land
Trails
31 mi
0.7 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

2,480 conserved acres

9% of Dresden Township’s land. Who manages Dresden Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service2,705 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)462 ac
State land board78 ac
Conservation Easement · 2,542 acResource Management Area · 625 acState Resource Management Area · 78 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 2,089 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Cavalier County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service625Restricted
Nd State Lands - Surface Ownership
State Resource Management Area
State land board78Open
Trails & water

10 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 30.7 mi
100th Avenue Northeast5.6 mi
109th Street Northeast4.0 mi
98th Avenue Northeast4.0 mi
97th Avenue Northeast3.1 mi
96th Avenue Northeast2.7 mi
104th Street Northeast2.0 mi
Mulberry Creek2.0 mi
95th Avenue Northeast0.8 mi
106th Street Northeast0.5 mi
101st Avenue Northeast0.3 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Dresden 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)8.710.111.713.615.316.215.814.412.510.79.18.3
High (°F)131831496473777768513219
Rain (in)0.60.60.81.12.83.83.22.52.01.50.80.8

February is the driest month (0.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 77 °F). 3.8 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Dresden Township →

Next door

Dresden Township and its neighbors

Dresden Township has the most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Dresden Township31 miMount Carmel Township23 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Dresden Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Mount Carmel 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 Dresden Township

Is there public land near Dresden Township?

279 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Dresden Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 80 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Dresden 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 →