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Outdoors in Porter Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Porter Township

17% of Porter Township’s land is conserved, about 3,857 acres. 26 miles of mapped trail cross Porter Township, 0.7 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
17%
3,857 acres · of 35.3 sq mi of land
Trails
26 mi
0.7 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

3,857 conserved acres

17% of Porter Township’s land. Who manages Porter Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service3,857 ac
Conservation Easement · 3,857 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 3,857 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

Trails & water

9 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 25.9 mi
93rd Avenue Southeast4.9 mi
81st Street Southeast4.0 mi
83rd Street Southeast3.0 mi
95th Avenue Southeast3.0 mi
92nd Avenue Southeast2.9 mi
79th Street Southeast2.4 mi
96th Avenue Southeast1.6 mi
84th Street Southeast1.0 mi
90th Avenue Southeast0.9 mi
When to get out

September is the best month for walking in Porter Township

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)9.010.311.813.515.015.815.414.112.510.89.38.6
High (°F)202538546777828071563925
Rain (in)0.50.61.01.73.23.93.62.62.42.00.70.7

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 3.9 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Porter Township →

Next door

Porter Township and its neighbors

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

Badger Township33 miPorter Township26 miMaple Township23 miWright Township22 miValley Township18 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Porter Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Valley Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Wright Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Maple Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Badger 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 Porter Township

Is there public land near Porter Township?

850 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Porter Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Porter 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 →