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Outdoors in Graf Township

More than half of Graf Township’s land is conserved: 50%

50% of Graf Township’s land is conserved, about 10,119 acres. 26 miles of mapped trail cross Graf Township, 0.8 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
50%
10,119 acres · of 31.4 sq mi of land
Trails
26 mi
0.8 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
1 boat launch
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

10,119 conserved acres

50% of Graf Township’s land. Water is left out: Graf Township has 31.4 square miles of land and 4.6 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Graf Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service11,877 ac
State land board164 ac
Conservation Easement · 11,535 acResource Management Area · 342 acState Resource Management Area · 164 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 9,784 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Kidder County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service339Restricted
Nd State Lands - Surface Ownership
State Resource Management Area
State land board164Open
Logan County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service3Restricted
Things to do

1 places to go in Graf Township

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Boat launches in Graf Township

1 boat launch without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.

Trails & water

11 named trails and 1 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Unpaved · 25.8 mi
49th Street Southeast3.7 mi
51st Street Southeast1.9 mi
46th Avenue Southeast1.8 mi
53rd Street Southeast1.7 mi
50th Street Southeast1.3 mi
45th Avenue Southeast1.0 mi
43rd Avenue Southeast1.0 mi
52nd Street Southeast0.9 mi
48th Street Southeast0.8 mi
54th Street Southeast0.6 mi
1 more trails
48th Avenue Southeast
0.4 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
When to get out

The best walking months in Graf 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)8.910.211.813.515.015.815.514.212.510.89.38.6
High (°F)192437536675818071553824
Rain (in)0.50.60.81.42.93.53.32.42.01.80.60.7

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 3.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Graf Township →

Next door

Graf Township and its neighbors

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

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Graf Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Tanner Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Streeter Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Peace 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 Graf Township

Is there public land near Graf Township?

8,814 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Graf Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 162 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Graf 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 →