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Montpelier, North Dakota 6-8-2008Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Outdoors in Montpelier Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Montpelier Township

5% of Montpelier Township’s land is conserved, about 1,229 acres. 26 miles of mapped trail cross Montpelier Township, 0.7 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
5%
1,229 acres · of 35.8 sq mi of land
Trails
26 mi
0.7 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

1,229 conserved acres

5% of Montpelier Township’s land. Who manages Montpelier Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service795 ac
State land board434 ac
Conservation Easement · 795 acState Resource Management Area · 434 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 795 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 board434Open
Trails & water

7 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 26.4 mi
53rd Street Southeast4.5 mi
85th Avenue Southeast2.8 mi
88th Avenue Southeast1.4 mi
50th Street Southeast1.4 mi
84th Avenue Southeast1.1 mi
89th Avenue Southeast1.0 mi
52nd Street Southeast0.4 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Montpelier 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)8.910.211.813.515.015.815.514.212.510.89.38.6
High (°F)202437546776818071553825
Rain (in)0.50.50.91.43.23.43.52.42.21.80.60.6

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

Next door

Montpelier Township and its neighbors

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Corwin Township35 miAdrian Township29 miMontpelier Township26 miManns Township24 miSevern Township21 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Montpelier Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Severn Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Corwin Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Manns Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Adrian 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 Montpelier Township

Is there public land near Montpelier Township?

1,081 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Montpelier Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 436 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Montpelier 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 →