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Outdoors in Medicine Hill Township

More than half of Medicine Hill Township’s land is conserved: 61%

61% of Medicine Hill Township’s land is conserved, about 13,344 acres. 46 miles of mapped trail cross Medicine Hill Township, 1.3 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
61%
13,344 acres · of 34.3 sq mi of land
Trails
46 mi
1.3 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

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Who protects it

13,344 conserved acres

61% of Medicine Hill Township’s land. Who manages Medicine Hill Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service13,461 ac
State land board1,384 ac
Bureau of Land Management1 ac
Conservation Easement · 13,199 acState Resource Management Area · 1,384 acResource Management Area · 263 acNational Public Lands · 1 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 11,827 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 board1,384Open
Mclean County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service263Restricted
North Dakota Field Office
National Public Lands
Bureau of Land Management1Open
Trails & water

13 named trails and 1 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Unpaved · 46.2 mi
11th Avenue Northwest3.8 mi
9th Avenue Northwest3.7 mi
17th Street Northwest2.9 mi
7th Avenue Northwest2.6 mi
15th Street Northwest2.5 mi
13th Street Northwest1.9 mi
12th Street Northwest1.7 mi
14th Street Northwest1.6 mi
10th Avenue Northwest1.3 mi
13th Avenue Northwest1.2 mi
3 more trails
18th Street Northwest
1.1 mi
12th Avenue Northwest
0.7 mi
4th Avenue Northwest
0.6 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
When to get out

The best walking months in Medicine Hill 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)202436536675818170543724
Rain (in)0.50.50.71.22.63.52.82.11.81.40.70.6

February is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 3.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Medicine Hill Township →

Next door

Medicine Hill Township and its neighbors

Medicine Hill Township has the most mapped trails of the 5 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
Medicine Hill Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Wise Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Aurena Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Byersville Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Lake Williams 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 Medicine Hill Township

Is there public land near Medicine Hill Township?

14,294 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Medicine Hill Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1,387 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Medicine Hill 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 →