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Community Hall - Fort Ransom, North Dakota 6-12-2008Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Outdoors in Fort Ransom

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Fort Ransom

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 5% of Fort Ransom’s land is conserved, about 10 acres. 1 acre is park or preserve, 9.9 per 1,000 residents.

Conserved land
5%
10 acres · of 0.3 sq mi of land
Trails
0.2 mi
0.6 per sq mi of land
Park land
1 ac
9.9 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
1 boat launch
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

12
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Fort Ransom Wildlife Management Area

Managed by North Dakota Game and Fish Department
13 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Stiklestad memorial Park

Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

10 conserved acres

5% of Fort Ransom’s land. Who manages Fort Ransom’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State fish & wildlife10 ac
State Conservation Area · 10 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Fort Ransom Wildlife Management Area
State Conservation Area
State fish & wildlife10Restricted
Things to do

4 places to go in Fort Ransom

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

Playgrounds in Fort Ransom

2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

Trails & water

1 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Sheyenne River
Biking & sports

0.0 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Courts & fields
1Basketball
1Baseball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

1 place on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Walker, T. J., Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1979
About it
When to get out

September is the best month for walking in Fort Ransom

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)9.010.211.813.515.015.815.514.212.510.89.38.6
High (°F)192437546877828072563825
Rain (in)0.60.61.01.63.13.73.32.62.52.00.70.7

January is the driest month (0.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 3.7 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Fort Ransom →

Questions about parks and trails in Fort Ransom

Are dogs allowed on Fort Ransom’s trails?

Fort Ransom Wildlife Management Area and Stiklestad memorial Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Fort Ransom?

2,511 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Fort Ransom or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1 of them inside the city line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Fort Ransom neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →