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Pettibone, North Dakota 6-13-2008Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Outdoors in Pettibone Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Pettibone Township

27% of Pettibone Township’s land is conserved, about 5,631 acres. 42 miles of mapped trail cross Pettibone Township, 1.3 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
27%
5,631 acres · of 32.1 sq mi of land
Trails
42 mi
1.3 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Who protects it

5,631 conserved acres

27% of Pettibone Township’s land. Water is left out: Pettibone Township has 32.1 square miles of land and 3.6 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Pettibone Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service5,464 ac
State land board321 ac
Conservation Easement · 5,155 acState Resource Management Area · 321 acResource Management Area · 308 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 5,155 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Nd State Lands - Surface Ownership
State Resource Management Area
State land board321Open
Kidder County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service308Restricted
Trails & water

10 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 42.3 mi
22nd Street Southeast2.8 mi
47th Avenue Southeast2.0 mi
43rd Avenue Southeast2.0 mi
23rd Street Southeast1.6 mi
18th Street Southeast1.6 mi
20th Street Southeast1.4 mi
21st Street Southeast1.1 mi
45th Avenue Southeast0.5 mi
44th Avenue Southeast0.4 mi
24th Street Southeast0.4 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Pettibone 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)8.910.211.813.515.015.915.514.212.510.89.38.5
High (°F)182336526675818071543723
Rain (in)0.50.50.71.22.83.33.22.31.91.50.60.7

February is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 3.3 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Pettibone Township →

Next door

Pettibone Township and its neighbors

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

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Pettibone Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Petersville Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Lake Williams Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Weiser Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Marstonmoor 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 Pettibone Township

Is there public land near Pettibone Township?

12,874 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Pettibone Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 323 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Pettibone 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 →