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Fort Yates Baptist Mission Fort Yates, North Dakota 6-12-2009Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Outdoors in Fort Yates

More than half of Fort Yates’ land is conserved: 100%

100% of Fort Yates’ land is conserved, about 39 acres.

Conserved land
100%
39 acres · of 0.1 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 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

39 conserved acres

100% of Fort Yates’ land. Who manages Fort Yates’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Army Corps of Engineers39 ac
Recreation Management Area · 39 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Oaha Recreation Area
Recreation Management Area
Army Corps of Engineers39Open
When to get out

The best walking months in Fort Yates: 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)9.010.311.813.514.915.715.414.112.510.89.48.6
High (°F)242942576979858474584129
Rain (in)0.30.50.71.42.93.32.92.11.61.60.50.5

January is the driest month (0.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 3.3 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Fort Yates →

Questions about parks and trails in Fort Yates

Is there public land near Fort Yates?

13,481 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Fort Yates or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 36 of them inside the city line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Fort Yates neighbors.

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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 →