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Gem Township, Bowman County, North DakotaPhoto: Ragazzi3 · CC BY-SA 3.0
–Not graded
Outdoors in Gem Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Gem Township

35 miles of mapped trail cross Gem Township, 1.0 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
1%
159 acres · of 35.9 sq mi of land
Trails
35 mi
1.0 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

159 conserved acres

1% of Gem Township’s land. Who manages Gem Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State land board159 ac
State Resource Management Area · 159 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Nd State Lands - Surface Ownership
State Resource Management Area
State land board159Open
When to get out

The best walking months in Gem Township: July to 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)293243556676858474574332
Rain (in)0.40.40.71.52.73.02.21.51.41.40.50.4

January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 3.0 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Gem Township →

Next door

Gem Township and its neighbors

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

Bowman Township44 miGem Township35 miBoyesen Township34 miLadd Township27 miAmor Township23 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Gem Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Boyesen Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Amor Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Ladd Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Bowman 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 Gem Township

Is there public land near Gem Township?

16,955 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Gem Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 162 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Gem Township 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 →