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Outdoors in Northwest Township

More than half of Northwest Township’s land is conserved: 53%

53% of Northwest Township’s land is conserved, about 11,011 acres. 14 miles of mapped trail cross Northwest Township, 0.4 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
53%
11,011 acres · of 32.7 sq mi of land
Trails
14 mi
0.4 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

11,011 conserved acres

53% of Northwest Township’s land. Who manages Northwest Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service13,049 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)75 ac
Conservation Easement · 11,368 acResource Management Area · 1,756 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 10,132 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Dickey County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service1,756Restricted
Trails & water

10 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 13.9 mi
68th Avenue Southeast2.1 mi
67th Avenue Southeast2.0 mi
70th Avenue Southeast1.2 mi
80th Street Southeast1.0 mi
82nd Street Southeast0.7 mi
84th Street Southeast0.6 mi
79th Street Southeast0.5 mi
78th Street Southeast0.4 mi
72nd Avenue Southeast0.4 mi
66th Avenue Southeast0.2 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Northwest 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)9.010.311.813.515.015.815.414.112.510.89.38.6
High (°F)202437526675807970543725
Rain (in)0.50.61.01.73.23.73.52.52.31.90.70.6

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 3.7 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Northwest Township →

Next door

Northwest Township and its neighbors

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Roloff Township26 miNorden Township25 miYoung Township15 miNorthwest Township14 miGerman Township9.3 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Northwest Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Roloff Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
German Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Young Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Norden 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 Northwest Township

Is there public land near Northwest Township?

4,962 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Northwest Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Northwest 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 →