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Outdoors in Glen Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Glen Township

46% of Glen Township’s land is conserved, about 9,910 acres. 31 miles of mapped trail cross Glen Township, 0.9 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
46%
9,910 acres · of 34.0 sq mi of land
Trails
31 mi
0.9 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

9,910 conserved acres

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

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service11,047 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)401 ac
State land board158 ac
Conservation Easement · 10,693 acResource Management Area · 756 acState Resource Management Area · 158 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 9,372 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Lamoure County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service756Restricted
Nd State Lands - Surface Ownership
State Resource Management Area
State land board158Open
Trails & water

10 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 30.5 mi
71st Avenue Southeast3.5 mi
59th Street Southeast3.0 mi
56th Street Southeast1.5 mi
55th Street Southeast1.0 mi
69th Avenue Southeast1.0 mi
58th Street Southeast0.8 mi
72nd Avenue Southeast0.6 mi
70th Avenue Southeast0.5 mi
57th Street Southeast0.2 mi
60th Street Southeast0.2 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Glen 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)9.010.211.813.515.015.815.514.212.510.89.38.6
High (°F)202437536675817970553825
Rain (in)0.50.60.91.53.23.43.42.42.21.80.60.6

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 3.4 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Glen Township →

Next door

Glen Township and its neighbors

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

Glen Township31 miRaney Township29 miFinn Township29 miMikkelson Township28 miAlexander Township26 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Glen Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Raney Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Finn Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Mikkelson Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Alexander 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 Glen Township

Is there public land near Glen Township?

3,013 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Glen Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 159 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Glen 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 →