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

Few parks or trails are on the map in Goldfield Township

6% of Goldfield Township’s land is conserved, about 1,307 acres. 39 miles of mapped trail cross Goldfield Township, 1.1 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
6%
1,307 acres · of 36.0 sq mi of land
Trails
39 mi
1.1 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
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

1,307 conserved acres

6% of Goldfield Township’s land. Who manages Goldfield Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State land board796 ac
Army Corps of Engineers511 ac
State Resource Management Area · 796 acRecreation Management Area · 511 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Nd State Lands - Surface Ownership
State Resource Management Area
State land board796Open
Bowman Haley Recreation Area
Recreation Management Area
Army Corps of Engineers511Open
Trails & water

1 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
North Fork Grand River
When to get out

The best walking months in Goldfield 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)9.010.311.813.514.915.715.414.112.510.89.48.7
High (°F)293243556676858474574332
Rain (in)0.40.40.71.52.72.92.21.51.31.40.50.4

December is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 2.9 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Goldfield Township →

Next door

Goldfield Township and its neighbors

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Whiting Township43 miHaley Township43 miGoldfield Township39 miMinnehaha Township29 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Goldfield Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Haley Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Minnehaha Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Whiting 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 Goldfield Township

Is there public land near Goldfield Township?

12,092 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Goldfield Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1,319 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Goldfield 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 →