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Emmons County CourthouseEmmons County Courthouse · Photo: Andrew Filer · CC BY-SA 2.0
C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Linton

Few parks or trails are on the map in Linton

1.7 miles of mapped trail cross Linton, 2.2 per square mile of land.

Ahead of 16% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 0.8 sq mi of land
Trails
1.7 mi
2.2 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.1 mi
0.1 mi paths

What kind of outdoors town is Linton?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Linton have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Linton is ahead of 16% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Linton’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 16%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Linton. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D− to C. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.

PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →

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
Things to do

4 places to go in Linton

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

Playgrounds in Linton

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

Biking & sports

0.1 miles of bike routes

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

0.1 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
1Basketball
1Baseball

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

History along the way

2 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Emmons County CourthouseBuilding · listed 1985
About it
Willows HotelBuilding · listed 1996
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Linton: 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)9.010.311.813.515.015.815.414.212.510.89.38.6
High (°F)222740556877838273574027
Rain (in)0.40.50.71.32.73.23.12.11.61.60.50.5

January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 3.2 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Linton →

Questions about parks and trails in Linton

How much of Linton is conserved land?

under 1% of its land, against a typical 3% for a North Dakota town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.

Where can I bike in Linton?

0.1 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.1 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Linton?

1,954 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Linton or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Linton have?

Ahead of 16% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. The grade combines the share of land that is conserved, miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, park acres per 1,000 residents and the share of residents within a half mile of a park. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Linton neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →