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Outdoors in Longfellow Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Longfellow Township

9% of Longfellow Township’s land is conserved, about 2,156 acres. 57 miles of mapped trail cross Longfellow Township, 1.6 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
9%
2,156 acres · of 36.1 sq mi of land
Trails
57 mi
1.6 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
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
Who protects it

2,156 conserved acres

9% of Longfellow Township’s land. Who manages Longfellow Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service1,232 ac
State land board799 ac
Army Corps of Engineers166 ac
Conservation Easement · 1,232 acState Resource Management Area · 799 acRecreation Management Area · 166 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 1,191 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 board799Open
Sakakawea Recreation Area
Recreation Management Area
Army Corps of Engineers166Open
Trails & water

10 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 57.1 mi
5th Street Northwest4.9 mi
35th Avenue Northwest4.0 mi
33rd Avenue Northwest3.9 mi
31st Avenue Northwest3.8 mi
4th Street Northwest3.0 mi
1st Street Northwest1.2 mi
2nd Street Northwest1.1 mi
34th Avenue Northwest1.0 mi
30th Avenue Northwest0.8 mi
36th Avenue Northwest0.6 mi
History along the way

1 place on the National Register

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

History →
Freborg HomesteadBuilding · listed 2014
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Longfellow 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)8.810.211.813.615.115.915.614.212.510.89.28.5
High (°F)212538546675828271553826
Rain (in)0.50.50.71.32.63.52.62.01.71.30.60.6

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 3.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Longfellow Township →

Next door

Longfellow Township and its neighbors

Longfellow Township has the most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Longfellow Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Victoria 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 Longfellow Township

Is there public land near Longfellow Township?

20,010 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Longfellow Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 938 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Longfellow Township 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 →