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Outdoors in Hazel Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Hazel Township

41% of Hazel Township’s land is conserved, about 9,199 acres. 21 miles of mapped trail cross Hazel Township, 0.6 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
41%
9,199 acres · of 35.2 sq mi of land
Trails
21 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

9,199 conserved acres

41% of Hazel Township’s land. Who manages Hazel Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service8,281 ac
State land board946 ac
Conservation Easement · 8,230 acState Resource Management Area · 946 acResource Management Area · 52 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 8,227 acres are conservation easements, 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 board946Open
Williams County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service52Restricted
Trails & water

8 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 20.6 mi
79th Street Northwest4.5 mi
115th Avenue Northwest3.1 mi
117th Avenue Northwest2.8 mi
119th Avenue Northwest2.1 mi
83rd Street Northwest1.9 mi
120th Avenue Northwest1.5 mi
118th Avenue Northwest1.0 mi
82nd Street Northwest0.8 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Hazel Township: May, 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)8.710.111.713.615.216.115.714.312.510.79.18.3
High (°F)192336536574808170533523
Rain (in)0.50.40.61.02.33.42.81.61.51.10.60.6

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

Next door

Hazel Township and its neighbors

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Big Stone Township34 miPalmer Township32 miHazel Township21 miBig Meadow Township19 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Hazel Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Big Stone Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Big Meadow Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Palmer 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 Hazel Township

Is there public land near Hazel Township?

10,173 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Hazel Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 955 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Hazel 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 →