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Outdoors in McClellan Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in McClellan Township

25% of McClellan Township’s land is conserved, about 5,693 acres. 27 miles of mapped trail cross McClellan Township, 0.8 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
25%
5,693 acres · of 35.8 sq mi of land
Trails
27 mi
0.8 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

5,693 conserved acres

25% of McClellan Township’s land. Who manages McClellan Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service5,984 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)818 ac
State land board159 ac
Conservation Easement · 6,271 acResource Management Area · 388 acState Resource Management Area · 159 acNational Wildlife Refuge · 143 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 5,268 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Benson County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service531Restricted
Nd State Lands - Surface Ownership
State Resource Management Area
State land board159Open
Trails & water

1 named trail

Named trails
Unpaved · 27.0 mi
59th Avenue Northeast0.5 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in McClellan 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)8.810.111.713.615.216.015.714.312.510.79.28.4
High (°F)172134526675807970533521
Rain (in)0.40.40.71.02.63.93.22.31.91.40.60.5

January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 3.9 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in McClellan Township →

Next door

McClellan Township and its neighbors

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

McClellan Township27 miLake Ibsen Township27 miRiggin Township22 miButte Valley Township21 miEldon Township14 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
McClellan Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Butte Valley Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Lake Ibsen Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Eldon Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Riggin 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 McClellan Township

Is there public land near McClellan Township?

26,069 acres of parks and open public land lie inside McClellan Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 160 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from McClellan 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 →