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Outdoors in Moon Lake Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Moon Lake Township

27% of Moon Lake Township’s land is conserved, about 6,023 acres. 50 miles of mapped trail cross Moon Lake Township, 1.5 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
27%
6,023 acres · of 34.3 sq mi of land
Trails
50 mi
1.5 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

6,023 conserved acres

27% of Moon Lake Township’s land. Who manages Moon Lake Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service5,921 ac
State land board320 ac
Conservation Easement · 5,497 acResource Management Area · 424 acState Resource Management Area · 320 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 5,490 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Stutsman County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service424Restricted
Nd State Lands - Surface Ownership
State Resource Management Area
State land board320Open
Trails & water

9 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 49.7 mi
38th Street Southeast3.7 mi
37th Street Southeast2.8 mi
71st Avenue Southeast2.0 mi
70th Avenue Southeast2.0 mi
67th Avenue Southeast1.7 mi
41st Street Southeast1.5 mi
39th Street Southeast1.1 mi
72nd Avenue Southeast1.1 mi
42nd Street Southeast0.7 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Moon Lake 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)8.910.211.813.515.015.815.514.212.510.89.38.5
High (°F)192436536675818071553724
Rain (in)0.50.50.81.43.23.43.52.42.11.80.60.6

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 Moon Lake Township →

Next door

Moon Lake Township and its neighbors

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

Moon Lake Township50 miLippert Township41 miCusator Township38 miStirton Township36 miWindsor Township27 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Moon Lake Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Lippert Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Cusator Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Stirton Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Windsor 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 Moon Lake Township

Is there public land near Moon Lake Township?

5,079 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Moon Lake Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 322 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Moon Lake 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 →