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Outdoors in Leeds

Few parks or trails are on the map in Leeds

14% of Leeds’ land is conserved, about 54 acres. 1 acre is park or preserve, 1.4 per 1,000 residents. 1.0 miles of mapped trail cross Leeds, 1.6 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
14%
54 acres · of 0.6 sq mi of land
Trails
1.0 mi
1.6 per sq mi of land
Park land
1 ac
1.4 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
90%
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

54 conserved acres

14% of Leeds’ land. Water is left out: Leeds has 0.6 square miles of land and 0.0 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Leeds’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service63 ac
Conservation Easement · 54 acResource Management Area · 8 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 50 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Benson County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service8Restricted
Things to do

2 places to go in Leeds

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

Playgrounds in Leeds

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

Biking & sports

0.0 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Courts & fields
2Baseball
1Basketball
1Football

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

When to get out

The best walking months in Leeds: 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)162134516674807970533521
Rain (in)0.40.40.71.02.63.93.22.31.91.40.60.5

January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 3.9 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Leeds →

Next door

Leeds and its neighbors

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Lake Ibsen Township27 miLeeds Township25 miLeeds1.0 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Leeds— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Leeds Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Lake Ibsen 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 Leeds

Is there public land near Leeds?

1,019 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Leeds or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the city line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Leeds 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 →