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Outdoors in Hawksnest Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Hawksnest Township

27 miles of mapped trail cross Hawksnest Township, 0.7 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
under 1%
83 acres · of 35.9 sq mi of land
Trails
27 mi
0.7 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
2,116 ft
Hawks Nest
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Who protects it

83 conserved acres

under 1% of Hawksnest Township’s land. Who manages Hawksnest Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State land board82 ac
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service1 ac
State Resource Management Area · 82 acConservation Easement · 1 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 1 acre is a conservation easement, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Nd State Lands - Surface Ownership
State Resource Management Area
State land board82Open
Things to do

1 places to go in Hawksnest Township

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

Peaks in Hawksnest Township
Hawks Nest2,116 ft elevation
Directions
Trails & water

5 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 26.5 mi
2nd Street Southeast2.9 mi
6th Street Southeast2.5 mi
55th Avenue Southeast2.0 mi
4th Street Southeast0.5 mi
59th Avenue Southeast0.5 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Hawksnest 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)8.910.211.813.615.115.915.614.212.510.89.28.5
High (°F)182335526675818071543623
Rain (in)0.40.50.71.12.63.43.32.42.01.50.60.6

January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 3.4 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Hawksnest Township →

Next door

Hawksnest Township and its neighbors

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

Hawksnest Township27 miBilodeau Township26 miConklin Township24 miLongview Township20 miJohnson Township17 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Hawksnest Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Bilodeau Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Conklin Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Longview Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Johnson 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 Hawksnest Township

Is there public land near Hawksnest Township?

4,248 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Hawksnest Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 79 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Hawksnest Township neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →