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Outdoors in Lake Town Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Lake Town Township

35% of Lake Town Township’s land is conserved, about 7,736 acres. 11 miles of mapped trail cross Lake Town Township, 0.3 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
35%
7,736 acres · of 34.5 sq mi of land
Trails
11 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
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

7,736 conserved acres

35% of Lake Town Township’s land. Who manages Lake Town Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service8,260 ac
State land board315 ac
Bureau of Land Management4 ac
Conservation Easement · 8,028 acState Resource Management Area · 315 acResource Management Area · 232 acNational Public Lands · 4 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 7,300 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 board315Open
Barnes County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service232Restricted
North Dakota Field Office
National Public Lands
Bureau of Land Management4Open
Trails & water

4 named trails and 1 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Unpaved · 11.1 mi
12th Street Southeast1.2 mi
14th Street Southeast0.6 mi
18th Street Southeast0.4 mi
108th Avenue Southeast0.3 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Lake Benson
When to get out

September is the best month for walking in Lake Town 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)8.910.211.813.515.115.915.614.212.510.89.38.5
High (°F)172235536776807970543723
Rain (in)0.50.50.81.23.13.63.62.72.31.80.70.7

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 3.6 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Lake Town Township →

Next door

Lake Town Township and its neighbors

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Bartley Township31 miPierce Township20 miDazey Township19 miLake Town Township11 miEdna Township11 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Lake Town Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Pierce Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Dazey Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Edna Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Bartley 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 Lake Town Township

Is there public land near Lake Town Township?

1,480 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Lake Town Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 324 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Lake Town 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 →