Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Freedom Township

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
–Not graded
Outdoors in Freedom Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Freedom Township

10% of Freedom Township’s land is conserved, about 2,206 acres. 28 miles of mapped trail cross Freedom Township, 0.8 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
10%
2,206 acres · of 35.4 sq mi of land
Trails
28 mi
0.8 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
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
Who protects it

2,206 conserved acres

10% of Freedom Township’s land. Who manages Freedom Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service2,297 ac
Conservation Easement · 2,117 acResource Management Area · 179 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 2,116 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Ward County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service179Restricted
Trails & water

9 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 27.7 mi
16th Street Southwest4.1 mi
30th Street Southwest3.5 mi
191st Avenue Southwest3.0 mi
62nd Street Southwest2.7 mi
163rd Avenue Southwest2.0 mi
205th Avenue Southwest1.1 mi
46th Street Southwest0.5 mi
121st Avenue Southwest0.4 mi
72nd Street Southwest0.1 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Freedom 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)8.810.111.713.615.216.015.714.312.510.79.28.4
High (°F)192336526574808070543624
Rain (in)0.50.50.71.22.73.72.72.11.71.40.80.6

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 3.7 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Freedom Township →

Next door

Freedom Township and its neighbors

Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Torning Township36 miHilton Township33 miWillis Township28 miFreedom Township28 miGasman Township21 miAfton Township20 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Freedom Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Torning Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Hilton Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Afton Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Willis Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Gasman 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 Freedom Township

Is there public land near Freedom Township?

3,564 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Freedom Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Freedom Township neighbors.

Town Square →
Share a tip
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 →