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Outdoors in Pleasant Hill Township

More than half of Pleasant Hill Township’s land is conserved: 78%

78% of Pleasant Hill Township’s land is conserved, about 17,689 acres. 39 miles of mapped trail cross Pleasant Hill Township, 1.1 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
78%
17,689 acres · of 35.4 sq mi of land
Trails
39 mi
1.1 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

17,689 conserved acres

78% of Pleasant Hill Township’s land. Who manages Pleasant Hill Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service18,783 ac
State land board83 ac
Conservation Easement · 18,783 acState Resource Management Area · 83 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 17,606 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 board83Open
Trails & water

9 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 38.7 mi
40th Street Southeast5.7 mi
19th Avenue Southeast3.4 mi
41th Street Southeast3.1 mi
37th Street Southeast3.0 mi
24th Avenue Southeast2.6 mi
21st Avenue Southeast1.8 mi
42nd Street Southeast1.3 mi
444th Street Northeast1.2 mi
20th Avenue Southeast1.0 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Pleasant Hill 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)8.910.211.813.515.015.815.514.212.510.89.38.5
High (°F)202437546776828172553824
Rain (in)0.50.50.81.32.73.33.22.31.71.60.60.7

February is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 3.3 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Pleasant Hill Township →

Next door

Pleasant Hill Township and its neighbors

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

Excelsior Township61 miPleasant Hill Township39 miWoodlawn Township39 miCrown Hill Township32 miDriscoll Township27 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Pleasant Hill Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Woodlawn Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Driscoll Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Crown Hill Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Excelsior 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 Pleasant Hill Township

Is there public land near Pleasant Hill Township?

10,458 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Pleasant Hill Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 82 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Pleasant Hill 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 →