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Outdoors in Orlien Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Orlien Township

34% of Orlien Township’s land is conserved, about 7,596 acres. 31 miles of mapped trail cross Orlien Township, 0.9 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
34%
7,596 acres · of 35.3 sq mi of land
Trails
31 mi
0.9 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

7,596 conserved acres

34% of Orlien Township’s land. Who manages Orlien Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service7,546 ac
State land board156 ac
Conservation Easement · 7,337 acResource Management Area · 209 acState Resource Management Area · 156 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 7,336 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Ward County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service209Restricted
Nd State Lands - Surface Ownership
State Resource Management Area
State land board156Open
Trails & water

8 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 30.5 mi
310th Street Southwest3.1 mi
233rd Avenue Southwest2.9 mi
219th Avenue Southwest2.7 mi
352nd Street Southwest2.4 mi
275th Avenue Southwest2.4 mi
60th Avenue Northwest2.1 mi
261st Avenue Southwest1.4 mi
289th Avenue Southwest0.9 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Orlien 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)8.810.111.713.615.116.015.714.312.510.79.28.4
High (°F)202537536675818171543725
Rain (in)0.40.50.71.12.63.52.72.01.71.10.60.5

January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 3.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Orlien Township →

Next door

Orlien Township and its neighbors

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

Anna Township35 miOrlien Township31 miPlaza Township26 miHiddenwood Township21 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Orlien Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Plaza Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Anna Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Hiddenwood 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 Orlien Township

Is there public land near Orlien Township?

5,591 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Orlien Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 158 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Orlien Township neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →