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Hettinger, North DakotaPhoto: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Outdoors in Hettinger Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Hettinger Township

41 miles of mapped trail cross Hettinger Township, 1.2 per square mile of land. 2% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Conserved land
1%
168 acres · of 34.9 sq mi of land
Trails
41 mi
1.2 per sq mi of land
Near a park
2%
of residents within ½ mile
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

168 conserved acres

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

State land board168 ac
State Resource Management Area · 168 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Nd State Lands - Surface Ownership
State Resource Management Area
State land board168Open
Things to do

3 places to go in Hettinger Township

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

Playgrounds in Hettinger Township

3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

Trails & water

11 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 41.2 mi
4th Street Southwest2.6 mi
2nd Street Northwest2.1 mi
2nd Avenue Southwest1.5 mi
5th Avenue Southwest1.4 mi
2nd Avenue Northwest1.2 mi
4th Avenue Southeast1.2 mi
4th Street Northwest1.0 mi
5th Street Southwest0.6 mi
4th Avenue Southwest0.5 mi
2nd Street Southwest0.3 mi
1 more trails
3rd Avenue Northwest
0.1 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Hettinger Township: May and July to 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)9.010.311.813.514.915.715.414.112.510.89.48.7
High (°F)283143556676848373574231
Rain (in)0.30.40.71.32.62.92.21.61.31.30.50.3

December is the driest month (0.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 2.9 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Hettinger Township →

Next door

Hettinger Township and its neighbors

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

Hettinger Township41 miScott Township31 miDuck Creek Township23 miGrand River Township18 miHettinger0.6 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Hettinger Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Hettingerunder 1%0.7899%+B−
Scott Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Duck Creek 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 Hettinger Township

Is there public land near Hettinger Township?

45,528 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Hettinger Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 168 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Hettinger 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 →