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Outdoors in Pipestem Valley Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Pipestem Valley Township

20% of Pipestem Valley Township’s land is conserved, about 4,543 acres. 56 miles of mapped trail cross Pipestem Valley Township, 1.6 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
20%
4,543 acres · of 35.6 sq mi of land
Trails
56 mi
1.6 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
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

4,543 conserved acres

20% of Pipestem Valley Township’s land. Who manages Pipestem Valley Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service6,159 ac
State land board158 ac
Conservation Easement · 5,672 acResource Management Area · 486 acState Resource Management Area · 158 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 4,142 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Stutsman County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service486Restricted
Nd State Lands - Surface Ownership
State Resource Management Area
State land board158Open
Trails & water

10 named trails and 1 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Unpaved · 56.2 mi
71st Avenue Southeast2.1 mi
68th Avenue Southeast2.0 mi
14th Street Southeast1.9 mi
69th Avenue Southeast1.5 mi
67th Avenue Southeast1.0 mi
13th Street Southeast1.0 mi
72nd Avenue Southeast1.0 mi
66th Avenue Southeast0.5 mi
16th Street Southeast0.5 mi
18th Street Southeast0.4 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
When to get out

The best walking months in Pipestem Valley 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)8.910.211.813.515.115.915.614.212.510.89.28.5
High (°F)182336526675818070543723
Rain (in)0.40.50.71.22.93.43.52.42.11.60.60.6

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

Next door

Pipestem Valley Township and its neighbors

Pipestem Valley Township has the most mapped trails of the 4 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
Pipestem Valley Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Pingree Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Round Top Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Walters 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 Pipestem Valley Township

Is there public land near Pipestem Valley Township?

8,083 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Pipestem Valley Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 159 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Pipestem Valley 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 →