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Outdoors in Olson Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Olson Township

43% of Olson Township’s land is conserved, about 9,665 acres. 25 miles of mapped trail cross Olson Township, 0.7 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
43%
9,665 acres · of 35.0 sq mi of land
Trails
25 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

9,665 conserved acres

43% of Olson Township’s land. Who manages Olson Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service9,041 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)1,089 ac
State land board119 ac
Conservation Easement · 9,294 acResource Management Area · 836 acState Resource Management Area · 119 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 9,128 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Towner County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service836Restricted
Nd State Lands - Surface Ownership
State Resource Management Area
State land board119Open
Trails & water

8 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 24.5 mi
76th Street Northeast4.7 mi
77th Street Northeast4.1 mi
64th Avenue Northeast3.0 mi
66th Avenue Northeast1.9 mi
73rd Street Northeast1.7 mi
75th Street Northeast1.6 mi
63rd Avenue Northeast0.6 mi
60th Avenue Northeast0.4 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Olson Township: May, 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)8.710.111.713.615.216.115.714.312.510.79.18.3
High (°F)152033516674797969533420
Rain (in)0.40.40.71.02.64.03.32.31.91.40.60.5

February is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 79 °F). 4.0 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Olson Township →

Next door

Olson Township and its neighbors

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

Cando Township29 miOlson Township25 miAtkins Township22 miGerrard Township21 miZion Township20 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Olson Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Cando Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Zion Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Atkins Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Gerrard 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 Olson Township

Is there public land near Olson Township?

1,113 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Olson Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 118 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Olson 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 →