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Outdoors in Lenton Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Lenton Township

6% of Lenton Township’s land is conserved, about 1,478 acres. 46 miles of mapped trail cross Lenton Township, 1.3 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
6%
1,478 acres · of 36.2 sq mi of land
Trails
46 mi
1.3 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

1,478 conserved acres

6% of Lenton Township’s land. Who manages Lenton Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service1,478 ac
Conservation Easement · 1,478 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 1,478 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

Trails & water

10 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 45.8 mi
78th Avenue Southeast4.3 mi
74th Avenue Southeast3.6 mi
48th Street Southeast1.9 mi
45th Street Southeast1.5 mi
75th Avenue Southeast1.5 mi
77th Avenue Southeast1.2 mi
43rd Street Southeast1.0 mi
76th Avenue Southeast0.7 mi
46th Street Southeast0.3 mi
72nd Avenue Southeast0.1 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Lenton 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)8.910.211.813.515.015.815.514.212.510.89.38.6
High (°F)202437536776818071553825
Rain (in)0.50.50.81.43.33.43.42.42.11.80.60.6

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 3.4 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Lenton Township →

Next door

Lenton Township and its neighbors

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

Lenton Township46 miSydney Township46 miLippert Township41 miCusator Township38 miSharlow Township20 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Lenton Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Cusator Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Lippert Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Sharlow Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Sydney 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 Lenton Township

Is there public land near Lenton Township?

2,204 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Lenton 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 Lenton 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 →