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Outdoors in Morton Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Morton Township

34% of Morton Township’s land is conserved, about 7,902 acres. 33 miles of mapped trail cross Morton Township, 0.9 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
34%
7,902 acres · of 36.0 sq mi of land
Trails
33 mi
0.9 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

7,902 conserved acres

34% of Morton Township’s land. Who manages Morton Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service8,187 ac
State land board798 ac
Conservation Easement · 8,101 acState Resource Management Area · 798 acResource Management Area · 86 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 7,061 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 board798Open
Burleigh County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service86Restricted
Trails & water

6 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 33.4 mi
262nd Street Southeast3.0 mi
249th Street Southeast1.9 mi
275th Street Southeast1.5 mi
288th Street Southeast0.7 mi
54th Street Southeast0.6 mi
210th Street Southeast0.3 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Morton 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)212639546776838172563926
Rain (in)0.40.50.81.32.73.33.12.21.61.60.60.6

January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 3.3 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Morton Township →

Next door

Morton Township and its neighbors

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Logan Township39 miLong Lake Township36 miMorton Township33 miTelfer Township28 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Morton Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Long Lake Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Telfer Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Logan 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 Morton Township

Is there public land near Morton Township?

11,535 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Morton Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 802 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Morton 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 →