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Outdoors in Ora Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Ora Township

31% of Ora Township’s land is conserved, about 6,754 acres. 16 miles of mapped trail cross Ora Township, 0.5 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
31%
6,754 acres · of 34.4 sq mi of land
Trails
16 mi
0.5 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
3
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

6,754 conserved acres

31% of Ora Township’s land. Who manages Ora Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service6,965 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)456 ac
State land board2 ac
Conservation Easement · 6,993 acResource Management Area · 429 acState Resource Management Area · 2 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 6,537 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Nelson County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service429Restricted
Nd State Lands - Surface Ownership
State Resource Management Area
State land board2Open
Trails & water

7 named trails and 3 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Unpaved · 16.1 mi
21st Street Northeast2.8 mi
125th Avenue Northeast2.0 mi
24th Street Northeast1.1 mi
18th Street Northeast0.8 mi
123rd Avenue Northeast0.5 mi
120th Avenue Northeast0.3 mi
122nd Avenue Northeast0.1 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Hillesland LakeMatson SloughOmild Slough
When to get out

September is the best month for walking in Ora Township

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)8.810.211.813.615.116.015.614.312.510.79.28.4
High (°F)152033516674797869533420
Rain (in)0.50.50.81.23.03.83.72.72.21.80.80.6

February is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 79 °F). 3.8 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Ora Township →

Next door

Ora Township and its neighbors

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Rugh Township30 miLee Township29 miOra Township16 miSharon Township13 miLoretta Township8.1 miAneta1.9 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Ora Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Sharon Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Lee Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Loretta Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Rugh Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Aneta— 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 Ora Township

Is there public land near Ora Township?

629 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Ora 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 Ora 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 →