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Outdoors in North Creel Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in North Creel Township

34% of North Creel Township’s land is conserved, about 6,552 acres. 18 miles of mapped trail cross North Creel Township, 0.6 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
34%
6,552 acres · of 29.8 sq mi of land
Trails
18 mi
0.6 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

6,552 conserved acres

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

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service6,679 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)567 ac
State land board81 ac
Conservation Easement · 6,720 acResource Management Area · 525 acState Resource Management Area · 81 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 6,207 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Ramsey County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service525Restricted
Nd State Lands - Surface Ownership
State Resource Management Area
State land board81Open
Trails & water

9 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 17.0 mi
81st Avenue Northeast2.7 mi
49th Street Northeast1.9 mi
54th Street Northeast1.4 mi
78th Avenue Northeast1.3 mi
53rd Street Northeast1.1 mi
79th Avenue Northeast1.0 mi
52nd Street Northeast1.0 mi
50th Street Northeast0.2 mi
80th Avenue Northeast0.1 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in North Creel 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)8.810.111.713.615.216.015.714.312.510.79.18.4
High (°F)162133516675797970533521
Rain (in)0.40.40.71.02.73.73.52.52.01.50.70.6

February is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 79 °F). 3.7 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in North Creel Township →

Next door

North Creel Township and its neighbors

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TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
North Creel Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Devils Lake4%0.32194%B+
Freshwater Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Grand Harbor Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Minnewaukan Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Creel Township100%0.4314%B−

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in North Creel Township

Is there public land near North Creel Township?

60,856 acres of parks and open public land lie inside North Creel Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 81 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from North Creel 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 →