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Outdoors in Newbury Township

More than half of Newbury Township’s land is conserved: 78%

78% of Newbury Township’s land is conserved, about 17,322 acres. 40 miles of mapped trail cross Newbury Township, 1.2 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
78%
17,322 acres · of 34.7 sq mi of land
Trails
40 mi
1.2 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

17,322 conserved acres

78% of Newbury Township’s land. Who manages Newbury Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service21,426 ac
State land board788 ac
Conservation Easement · 21,376 acState Resource Management Area · 788 acResource Management Area · 51 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 16,509 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 board788Open
Stutsman County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service51Restricted
Trails & water

9 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 40.0 mi
48th Avenue Southeast5.3 mi
52nd Avenue Southeast3.9 mi
47th Street Southeast1.8 mi
50th Avenue Southeast1.6 mi
49th Avenue Southeast1.5 mi
44th Street Southeast1.0 mi
54th Avenue Southeast0.7 mi
42nd Street Southeast0.6 mi
51st Avenue Southeast0.3 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Newbury 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)192336526675817970543724
Rain (in)0.60.60.81.43.03.53.32.42.01.80.60.7

January is the driest month (0.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 3.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Newbury Township →

Next door

Newbury Township and its neighbors

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

St. Paul Township49 miNewbury Township40 miTanner Township29 miBloomenfield Township28 miStreeter Township24 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Newbury Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Bloomenfield Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
St. Paul Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Tanner Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Streeter 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 Newbury Township

Is there public land near Newbury Township?

8,646 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Newbury Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 783 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Newbury 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 →