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Portal North Dakota 5-21-2008Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Outdoors in Portal Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Portal Township

30% of Portal Township’s land is conserved, about 8,068 acres. 38 miles of mapped trail cross Portal Township, 0.9 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
30%
8,068 acres · of 42.5 sq mi of land
Trails
38 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

8,068 conserved acres

30% of Portal Township’s land. Who manages Portal Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service8,065 ac
State land board4 ac
Conservation Easement · 8,065 acState Resource Management Area · 4 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 8,064 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 board4Open
Trails & water

9 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 38.3 mi
88th Avenue Northwest4.5 mi
86th Avenue Northwest4.2 mi
90th Avenue Northwest4.0 mi
105th Street Northwest3.6 mi
104th Street Northwest3.5 mi
89th Avenue Northwest3.2 mi
108th Street Northwest2.0 mi
85th Avenue Northwest1.2 mi
107th Street Northwest0.9 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Portal 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)8.710.111.713.615.316.215.814.412.510.79.18.3
High (°F)172235526674808069533521
Rain (in)0.60.50.71.12.53.62.71.91.71.20.70.5

February is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 3.6 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Portal Township →

Next door

Portal Township and its neighbors

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Short Creek Township47 miVale Township39 miPortal Township38 miSoo Township35 miPortal1.1 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Portal Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Short Creek Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Soo Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Portal— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Vale 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 Portal Township

Is there public land near Portal Township?

5,540 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Portal Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 4 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Portal 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 →