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Outdoors in Paulson Township

More than half of Paulson Township’s land is conserved: 56%

56% of Paulson Township’s land is conserved, about 12,432 acres. 20 miles of mapped trail cross Paulson Township, 0.6 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
56%
12,432 acres · of 34.9 sq mi of land
Trails
20 mi
0.6 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

12,432 conserved acres

56% of Paulson Township’s land. Who manages Paulson Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service16,618 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)364 ac
State land board178 ac
Conservation Easement · 12,547 acResource Management Area · 3,822 acNational Wildlife Refuge · 613 acState Resource Management Area · 178 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 10,036 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 Service4,435Restricted
Nd State Lands - Surface Ownership
State Resource Management Area
State land board178Open
Trails & water

8 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 20.0 mi
80th Street Northeast3.9 mi
69th Avenue Northeast2.2 mi
78th Street Northeast1.7 mi
83rd Street Northeast1.4 mi
71st Avenue Northeast1.3 mi
82nd Street Northeast0.8 mi
66th Avenue Northeast0.7 mi
70th Avenue Northeast0.5 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Paulson 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)8.710.111.713.615.216.115.714.312.510.79.18.3
High (°F)152032516574797969533420
Rain (in)0.40.40.71.02.63.93.22.31.91.40.70.6

January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 79 °F). 3.9 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Paulson Township →

Next door

Paulson Township and its neighbors

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Crocus Township30 miCando Township29 miVictor Township27 miGerrard Township21 miPaulson Township20 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Paulson 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
Cando Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Crocus Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Victor 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 Paulson Township

Is there public land near Paulson Township?

1,753 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Paulson Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 175 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Paulson 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 →