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Outdoors in German Township

More than half of German Township’s land is conserved: 64%

64% of German Township’s land is conserved, about 13,981 acres. 9.3 miles of mapped trail cross German Township, 0.3 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
64%
13,981 acres · of 34.0 sq mi of land
Trails
9.3 mi
0.3 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

13,981 conserved acres

64% of German Township’s land. Who manages German Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service16,959 ac
State land board470 ac
Conservation Easement · 13,699 acResource Management Area · 3,260 acState Resource Management Area · 470 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 11,874 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Dickey County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service3,260Restricted
Nd State Lands - Surface Ownership
State Resource Management Area
State land board470Open
Trails & water

6 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 9.3 mi
86th Street Southeast3.2 mi
66th Avenue Southeast2.2 mi
67th Avenue Southeast1.5 mi
84th Street Southeast0.6 mi
90th Street Southeast0.3 mi
87th Street Southeast0.2 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in German 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)9.010.311.813.514.915.715.414.112.510.89.48.6
High (°F)202437536675807970543725
Rain (in)0.50.61.01.73.23.73.42.52.31.90.70.6

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 German Township →

Next door

German Township and its neighbors

German Township has the second most mapped trails of the 4 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Northwest Township14 miGerman Township9.3 miWhitestone Township9.3 miSpring Valley Township8.6 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
German Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Spring Valley Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Northwest Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Whitestone 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 German Township

Is there public land near German Township?

5,885 acres of parks and open public land lie inside German Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 478 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from German 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 →