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Outdoors in Melville Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Melville Township

18% of Melville Township’s land is conserved, about 4,010 acres. 16 miles of mapped trail cross Melville Township, 0.5 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
18%
4,010 acres · of 34.3 sq mi of land
Trails
16 mi
0.5 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

4,010 conserved acres

18% of Melville Township’s land. Who manages Melville Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service4,409 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)14 ac
Conservation Easement · 3,627 acResource Management Area · 782 acOther Easement · 14 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 3,619 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Foster County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service782Restricted
Trails & water

4 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 15.7 mi
68th Avenue Southeast2.0 mi
71st Avenue Southeast1.1 mi
69th Avenue Southeast1.0 mi
72nd Avenue Southeast0.3 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Melville 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)8.910.211.813.615.115.915.614.212.510.89.28.5
High (°F)182335526676818071543723
Rain (in)0.50.50.71.22.73.43.42.42.01.60.60.6

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 3.4 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Melville Township →

Next door

Melville Township and its neighbors

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Bordulac Township23 miLongview Township20 miCarrington Township19 miMelville Township16 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Melville Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Bordulac Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Carrington Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Longview 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 Melville Township

Is there public land near Melville Township?

3,332 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Melville Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Melville 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 →