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Outdoors in Gerrard Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Gerrard Township

46% of Gerrard Township’s land is conserved, about 10,451 acres. 21 miles of mapped trail cross Gerrard Township, 0.6 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
46%
10,451 acres · of 35.5 sq mi of land
Trails
21 mi
0.6 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

10,451 conserved acres

46% of Gerrard Township’s land. Who manages Gerrard Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service11,750 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)551 ac
State land board487 ac
Conservation Easement · 9,763 acResource Management Area · 2,537 acState Resource Management Area · 487 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 8,691 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Towner County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service2,537Restricted
Nd State Lands - Surface Ownership
State Resource Management Area
State land board487Open
Trails & water

8 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 20.5 mi
79th Street Northeast4.8 mi
64th Avenue Northeast3.5 mi
61st Avenue Northeast1.0 mi
80th Street Northeast1.0 mi
81st Street Northeast0.8 mi
60th Avenue Northeast0.7 mi
66th Avenue Northeast0.5 mi
82nd Street Northeast0.1 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Gerrard Township: May, 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)8.710.111.713.615.216.115.714.312.510.79.18.3
High (°F)152033516574797969533420
Rain (in)0.40.40.71.02.63.93.22.31.91.40.60.5

February is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 79 °F). 3.9 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Gerrard Township →

Next door

Gerrard Township and its neighbors

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New City Township27 miOlson Township25 miGerrard Township21 miPaulson Township20 miSorenson Township18 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Gerrard Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Paulson Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
New City Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Olson Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Sorenson 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 Gerrard Township

Is there public land near Gerrard Township?

2,069 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Gerrard Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 499 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Gerrard 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 →