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Outdoors in Manitou Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Manitou Township

38% of Manitou Township’s land is conserved, about 8,808 acres. 12 miles of mapped trail cross Manitou Township, 0.3 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
38%
8,808 acres · of 36.2 sq mi of land
Trails
12 mi
0.3 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

8,808 conserved acres

38% of Manitou Township’s land. Who manages Manitou Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service9,888 ac
State land board633 ac
Conservation Easement · 9,833 acState Resource Management Area · 633 acResource Management Area · 55 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 8,148 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 board633Open
Mountrail County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service55Restricted
When to get out

The best walking months in Manitou Township: May, 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)192437536574818070533623
Rain (in)0.50.40.61.12.33.42.91.81.61.10.60.6

February is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 3.4 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Manitou Township →

Next door

Manitou Township and its neighbors

Manitou Township has the second most mapped trails of the 6 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Myrtle Township22 miManitou Township12 miSorkness Township12 miDebing Township11 miRoss Township9.6 miCottonwood Township6.5 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Manitou Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Ross Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Cottonwood Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Debing Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Sorkness Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Myrtle 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 Manitou Township

Is there public land near Manitou Township?

14,739 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Manitou Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 635 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Manitou 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 →