White Horse Hill National Game Preserve
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
957 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: U.S. Geologicial Survey · Public domainC+Outdoors
Outdoors in Fort Totten
22% of Fort Totten’s land is conserved: 1,204 acres
The biggest trail networks: White Horse Hill National Game Preserve (0.9 mi). 6.7 miles of mapped trail cross Fort Totten, 0.8 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 38% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
22%
1,204 acres · of 8.6 sq mi of land
Trails
6.7 mi
0.8 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
2.4 mi
2.4 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
1
What kind of outdoors town is Fort Totten?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Fort Totten have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Fort Totten is ahead of 38% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Fort Totten’s overall grade.
Conserved land22% of the land · typical ND town 3% · U.S. 4%ATrails0.8 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (7 mi) · ND 0.7 · U.S. 0.4B+Park land0.0 acres of park per 1,000 residents (0 acres) · ND 10 · U.S. 13DParks close to home0% of residents within a half mile of a park · ND 71% · U.S. 72%D−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 38%
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How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is White Horse Hill National Game Preserve, with 0.9 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
1,204 conserved acres
22% of Fort Totten’s land. Who manages Fort Totten’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service2,029 ac
Bureau of Reclamation240 ac
National Wildlife Refuge · 1,919 acResource Management Area · 240 acConservation Easement · 109 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 109 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sullys Hill National Game Preserve National Wildlife Refuge | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 960 | Restricted |
| White Horse Hill National Game Preserve National Wildlife Refuge | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 959 | Restricted |
| Devils Lake Resource Management Area | Bureau of Reclamation | 240 | Open |
Things to do
4 places to go in Fort Totten
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Fort Totten
4 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
Biking & sports
2.4 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
2.4 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
3Baseball
2Basketball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
Fort Totten State Historic SiteDistrict · listed 1971
About itWhen to get out
The best walking months in Fort Totten: 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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 8.8 | 10.2 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.1 | 16.0 | 15.7 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 8.4 |
| High (°F) | 17 | 21 | 34 | 52 | 66 | 75 | 80 | 79 | 70 | 53 | 35 | 22 |
| Rain (in) | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 3.7 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Fort Totten →
Questions about parks and trails in Fort Totten
Where can I hike in Fort Totten?
The longest trail networks: White Horse Hill National Game Preserve, 0.9 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Fort Totten is conserved land?
22% of its land, against a typical 3% for a North Dakota town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Fort Totten’s trails?
White Horse Hill National Game Preserve doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Fort Totten?
2.4 miles of bike routes are on the map: 2.4 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Fort Totten?
70,098 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Fort Totten or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 136 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Fort Totten have?
Ahead of 38% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. The grade combines the share of land that is conserved, miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, park acres per 1,000 residents and the share of residents within a half mile of a park. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Fort Totten 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 →