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Outdoors in Odin Township

More than half of Odin Township’s land is conserved: 51%

51% of Odin Township’s land is conserved, about 11,215 acres. 22 miles of mapped trail cross Odin Township, 0.7 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
51%
11,215 acres · of 34.4 sq mi of land
Trails
22 mi
0.7 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

11,215 conserved acres

51% of Odin Township’s land. Who manages Odin Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service12,039 ac
State land board315 ac
Conservation Easement · 10,059 acResource Management Area · 1,980 acState Resource Management Area · 315 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 9,909 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Mchenry County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service1,980Restricted
Nd State Lands - Surface Ownership
State Resource Management Area
State land board315Open
Trails & water

10 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 22.4 mi
5th Avenue North2.8 mi
40th Street North2.8 mi
36th Street North2.6 mi
38th Street North2.3 mi
2nd Avenue North2.0 mi
3rd Avenue North2.0 mi
39th Street North1.8 mi
1st Avenue North1.4 mi
Central Avenue North1.3 mi
41st Street Northeast1.0 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Odin 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)8.810.111.713.615.116.015.714.312.510.79.28.4
High (°F)192336536675818171553724
Rain (in)0.50.50.71.12.63.62.72.11.71.40.70.6

February is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 3.6 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Odin Township →

Next door

Odin Township and its neighbors

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Cottonwood Lake Township26 miVoltaire Township24 miLake Hester Township24 miOdin Township22 miBalfour Township21 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Odin Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Cottonwood Lake Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Voltaire Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Lake Hester Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Balfour 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 Odin Township

Is there public land near Odin Township?

3,142 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Odin Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 318 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Odin 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 →