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Outdoors in North Viking Township

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

20% of North Viking Township’s land is conserved, about 4,520 acres. 21 miles of mapped trail cross North Viking Township, 0.6 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
20%
4,520 acres · of 35.0 sq mi of land
Trails
21 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

4,520 conserved acres

20% of North Viking Township’s land. Who manages North Viking Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service4,445 ac
State land board75 ac
Conservation Easement · 4,445 acState Resource Management Area · 75 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 4,444 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 board75Open
Trails & water

6 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 20.7 mi
40th Street Northeast2.6 mi
51st Avenue Northeast2.0 mi
41st Street Northeast0.9 mi
39th Street Northeast0.9 mi
48th Avenue Northeast0.3 mi
50th Street Northeast0.3 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in North Viking 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)8.810.211.713.615.116.015.714.312.510.79.28.4
High (°F)172134526675808070543522
Rain (in)0.40.40.61.12.63.83.22.21.91.40.60.5

January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 3.8 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in North Viking Township →

Next door

North Viking Township and its neighbors

North Viking Township has the second most mapped trails of the 4 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

South Viking Township22 miNorth Viking Township21 miHesper Township20 miAurora Township16 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
North Viking Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Hesper Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
South Viking Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Aurora 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 North Viking Township

Is there public land near North Viking Township?

7,770 acres of parks and open public land lie inside North Viking Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 79 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from North Viking 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 →