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Vang Evangelical Lutheran ChurchPhoto: Andrew Filer · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Outdoors in Manfred Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Manfred Township

2% of Manfred Township’s land is conserved, about 583 acres. 21 miles of mapped trail cross Manfred Township, 0.6 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
2%
583 acres · of 35.9 sq mi of land
Trails
21 mi
0.6 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

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

12
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Heimdal Wildlife Management Area

Managed by North Dakota Game and Fish Department
40 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

Manfred Wildlife Management Area

Managed by North Dakota Game and Fish Department
35 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

583 conserved acres

2% of Manfred Township’s land. Who manages Manfred Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service277 ac
State land board240 ac
State fish & wildlife65 ac
Conservation Easement · 277 acState Resource Management Area · 240 acState Conservation Area · 65 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 277 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 board240Open
Hemidal
State Conservation Area
State fish & wildlife36Restricted
Manfred
State Conservation Area
State fish & wildlife30Restricted
Trails & water

9 named trails and 1 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Unpaved · 20.5 mi
19th Street Northeast3.0 mi
18th Street Northeast2.2 mi
20th Street Northeast2.0 mi
21st Street Northeast1.9 mi
40th Avenue Northeast1.7 mi
37th Avenue Northeast1.0 mi
23rd Street Northeast1.0 mi
22nd Street Northeast0.4 mi
41st Avenue Northeast0.3 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
History along the way

2 places on the National Register

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

History →
Vang Evangelical Lutheran ChurchBuilding · listed 2001
About it
Manfred Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 2017
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Manfred 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)8.810.211.813.615.116.015.614.312.510.79.28.4
High (°F)182235526675818071543622
Rain (in)0.40.40.61.12.63.63.12.11.91.30.60.5

January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 3.6 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Manfred Township →

Next door

Manfred Township and its neighbors

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TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Manfred Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
St. Anna Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
West Norway Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Forward Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Fram Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Rusland 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 Manfred Township

Are dogs allowed on Manfred Township’s trails?

Heimdal Wildlife Management Area and Manfred Wildlife Management Area don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Manfred Township?

2,754 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Manfred Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 240 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Manfred 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 →