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Outdoors in Gerber Township

More than half of Gerber Township’s land is conserved: 68%

68% of Gerber Township’s land is conserved, about 14,653 acres. 25 miles of mapped trail cross Gerber Township, 0.7 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
68%
14,653 acres · of 33.6 sq mi of land
Trails
25 mi
0.7 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

14,653 conserved acres

68% of Gerber Township’s land. Water is left out: Gerber Township has 33.6 square miles of land and 2.1 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Gerber Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service22,190 ac
State land board642 ac
Conservation Easement · 21,871 acState Resource Management Area · 642 acResource Management Area · 319 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 13,852 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Nd State Lands - Surface Ownership
State Resource Management Area
State land board642Open
Stutsman County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service319Restricted
Trails & water

7 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 24.5 mi
17th Street Southeast3.0 mi
48th Avenue Southeast2.9 mi
52nd Avenue Southeast1.3 mi
51st Avenue Southeast1.0 mi
50th Avenue Southeast1.0 mi
13th Street Southeast1.0 mi
54th Avenue Southeast0.9 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Gerber 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)8.910.211.813.515.115.915.614.212.510.89.38.5
High (°F)182235516574807970543622
Rain (in)0.50.50.71.22.83.43.32.42.01.50.60.7

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 3.4 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Gerber Township →

Next door

Gerber Township and its neighbors

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Petersville Township33 miMarstonmoor Township30 miLowery Township29 miGerber Township25 miWadsworth Township23 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Gerber Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Wadsworth Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Lowery Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Petersville Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Marstonmoor 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 Gerber Township

Is there public land near Gerber Township?

10,752 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Gerber Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 639 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Gerber Township 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 →