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Outdoors in Excelsior Township

More than half of Excelsior Township’s land is conserved: 77%

77% of Excelsior Township’s land is conserved, about 17,480 acres. 61 miles of mapped trail cross Excelsior Township, 1.7 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
77%
17,480 acres · of 35.6 sq mi of land
Trails
61 mi
1.7 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

17,480 conserved acres

77% of Excelsior Township’s land. Who manages Excelsior Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service20,731 ac
State land board949 ac
Conservation Easement · 20,731 acState Resource Management Area · 949 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 16,530 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 board949Open
Trails & water

12 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 55.9 mi
19th Avenue Southeast3.9 mi
32nd Street Southeast3.5 mi
30th Street Southeast3.0 mi
21st Avenue Southeast2.7 mi
24th Avenue Southeast2.1 mi
36th Street Southeast2.0 mi
35th Street Southeast1.8 mi
31st Street Southeast1.6 mi
444th Street Northeast1.2 mi
20th Avenue Southeast1.1 mi
2 more trails
23rd Avenue Southeast
0.7 mi
33rd Street Southeast
0.5 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Excelsior 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)192437536676828172553824
Rain (in)0.50.40.81.32.73.33.12.31.71.50.60.7

February is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 3.3 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Excelsior Township →

Next door

Excelsior Township and its neighbors

Excelsior Township has the most mapped trails of the 5 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Excelsior Township61 miAllen Township57 miChestina Township43 miPleasant Hill Township39 miClear Lake Township17 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Excelsior Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Allen Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Chestina Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Clear Lake Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Pleasant Hill 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 Excelsior Township

Is there public land near Excelsior Township?

13,868 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Excelsior Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 953 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Excelsior 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 →