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Outdoors in Florance Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Florance Township

29% of Florance Township’s land is conserved, about 6,540 acres. 38 miles of mapped trail cross Florance Township, 1.1 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
29%
6,540 acres · of 34.7 sq mi of land
Trails
38 mi
1.1 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
2
1 boat launch
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

6,540 conserved acres

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

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service6,074 ac
State land board790 ac
Conservation Easement · 5,439 acState Resource Management Area · 790 acResource Management Area · 635 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 5,431 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 board790Open
Foster County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service635Restricted
Things to do

1 places to go in Florance Township

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

Boat launches in Florance Township

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

Trails & water

12 named trails and 2 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Unpaved · 38.0 mi
89th Avenue Northeast3.3 mi
12th Street Northeast3.2 mi
88th Avenue Northeast3.0 mi
7th Street Northeast2.2 mi
8th Street Northeast2.0 mi
85th Avenue Northeast1.4 mi
86th Avenue Northeast1.0 mi
9th Street Northeast1.0 mi
84th Avenue Northeast1.0 mi
90th Avenue Northeast0.8 mi
2 more trails
10th Street Northeast
0.7 mi
6th Street Northeast
0.5 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
When to get out

The best walking months in Florance 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)8.810.211.813.615.116.015.614.212.510.79.28.5
High (°F)172235526676818070543622
Rain (in)0.50.40.81.12.73.53.52.42.11.70.70.7

February is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 3.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Florance Township →

Next door

Florance Township and its neighbors

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

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Florance Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Larrabee Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
McHenry Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Cherry Lake Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Rolling Prairie 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 Florance Township

Is there public land near Florance Township?

5,996 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Florance Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 794 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Florance 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 →