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Outdoors in Kennison Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Kennison Township

27% of Kennison Township’s land is conserved, about 6,104 acres. 34 miles of mapped trail cross Kennison Township, 1.0 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
27%
6,104 acres · of 35.8 sq mi of land
Trails
34 mi
1.0 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

6,104 conserved acres

27% of Kennison Township’s land. Who manages Kennison Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service6,104 ac
Conservation Easement · 6,104 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 6,104 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

Trails & water

9 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 34.4 mi
58th Street Southeast5.6 mi
81st Avenue Southeast4.3 mi
57th Street Southeast4.1 mi
79th Avenue Southeast3.5 mi
60th Street Southeast3.2 mi
55th Street Southeast3.0 mi
84th Avenue Southeast2.6 mi
83rd Avenue Southeast1.4 mi
78th Avenue Southeast0.5 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Kennison 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)9.010.211.813.515.015.815.514.212.510.89.38.6
High (°F)202538546776828071563825
Rain (in)0.50.50.91.53.13.43.42.42.31.80.60.6

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 3.4 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Kennison Township →

Next door

Kennison Township and its neighbors

Kennison Township has the most mapped trails of the 4 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Kennison Township34 miGlenmore Township34 miAdrian Township29 miMikkelson Township28 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Kennison Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Adrian Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Glenmore Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Mikkelson 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 Kennison Township

Is there public land near Kennison Township?

1,385 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Kennison Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Kennison 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 →