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Outdoors in Greene Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Greene Township

10% of Greene Township’s land is conserved, about 2,305 acres. 19 miles of mapped trail cross Greene Township, 0.6 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
10%
2,305 acres · of 34.6 sq mi of land
Trails
19 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

2,305 conserved acres

10% of Greene Township’s land. Who manages Greene Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service2,661 ac
U.S. Forest Service14 ac
Conservation Easement · 1,930 acResource Management Area · 731 acNational Grassland · 14 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 1,924 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Ransom County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service731Restricted
Sheyenne National Grassland
National Grassland
U.S. Forest Service14Open
Trails & water

7 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 19.2 mi
58th Street Southeast2.4 mi
59th Street Southeast2.3 mi
142nd Avenue Southeast2.0 mi
144th Avenue Southeast1.4 mi
60th Street Southeast1.3 mi
56th Street Southeast1.0 mi
137th Avenue Southeast0.5 mi
When to get out

September is the best month for walking in Greene 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)9.010.211.813.515.015.815.514.212.510.89.38.6
High (°F)192438556978838173563925
Rain (in)0.60.61.01.53.04.03.32.82.52.10.70.7

February is the driest month (0.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 4.0 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Greene Township →

Next door

Greene Township and its neighbors

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Shenford Township68 miCoburn Township27 miGreene Township19 miLiberty Township12 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Greene Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Coburn Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Liberty Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Shenford 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 Greene Township

Is there public land near Greene Township?

13,613 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Greene Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 12 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Greene 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 →