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Outdoors in Greendale Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Greendale Township

3% of Greendale Township’s land is conserved, about 811 acres. 10 miles of mapped trail cross Greendale Township, 0.3 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
3%
811 acres · of 36.2 sq mi of land
Trails
10 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

811 conserved acres

3% of Greendale Township’s land. Who manages Greendale Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service1,306 ac
Resource Management Area · 830 acConservation Easement · 476 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 395 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Richland County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service830Restricted
Things to do

1 places to go in Greendale Township

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

Campgrounds in Greendale Township

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

Trails & water

6 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 8.8 mi
97th Street Southeast1.4 mi
99th Street Southeast1.0 mi
174th Avenue Southeast0.8 mi
101st Street Southeast0.7 mi
96th Street Southeast0.4 mi
168th Avenue Southeast0.3 mi
When to get out

September is the best month for walking in Greendale Township

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)202538556978828172574025
Rain (in)0.70.71.12.13.03.93.72.72.62.40.90.8

February is the driest month (0.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 3.9 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Greendale Township →

Next door

Greendale Township and its neighbors

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Brightwood Township16 miElma Township13 miWaldo Township12 miGreendale Township10 miLaMars Township9.4 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Greendale Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Elma Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Waldo Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
LaMars Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Brightwood 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 Greendale Township

Is there public land near Greendale Township?

3,328 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Greendale Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Greendale 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 →