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Outdoors in Hope Township

More than half of Hope Township’s land is conserved: 56%

56% of Hope Township’s land is conserved, about 12,342 acres. 24 miles of mapped trail cross Hope Township, 0.7 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
56%
12,342 acres · of 34.2 sq mi of land
Trails
24 mi
0.7 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
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

12,342 conserved acres

56% of Hope Township’s land. Who manages Hope Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service11,463 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)2,310 ac
State land board636 ac
Conservation Easement · 13,469 acState Resource Management Area · 636 acNational Wildlife Refuge · 304 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 11,552 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 board636Open
Ramsey County Waterfowl Production Area
National Wildlife Refuge
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service304Restricted
Trails & water

9 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 23.9 mi
101st Avenue Northeast4.5 mi
100th Avenue Northeast4.0 mi
97th Avenue Northeast2.8 mi
50th Street Northeast2.0 mi
49th Street Northeast1.4 mi
102st Avenue Northeast1.0 mi
102nd Avenue Northeast0.8 mi
54th Street Northeast0.4 mi
County Highway 20.3 mi
When to get out

September is the best month for walking in Hope 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)8.810.111.713.615.216.015.714.312.510.79.28.4
High (°F)152033516574797869523420
Rain (in)0.50.40.71.12.93.83.62.62.11.60.70.6

February is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 79 °F). 3.8 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Hope Township →

Next door

Hope Township and its neighbors

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

Clara Township30 miHope Township24 miOntario Township17 miNewbre Township16 miBartlett Township15 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Hope Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Newbre Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Ontario Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Clara Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Bartlett 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 Hope Township

Is there public land near Hope Township?

3,799 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Hope Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 637 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Hope 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 →