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Outdoors in Potsdam Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Potsdam Township

43% of Potsdam Township’s land is conserved, about 9,565 acres. 25 miles of mapped trail cross Potsdam Township, 0.7 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
43%
9,565 acres · of 34.4 sq mi of land
Trails
25 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

9,565 conserved acres

43% of Potsdam Township’s land. Who manages Potsdam Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service9,726 ac
State land board158 ac
Conservation Easement · 9,726 acState Resource Management Area · 158 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 9,407 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 board158Open
Trails & water

8 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 24.5 mi
79th Avenue Southeast4.0 mi
78th Avenue Southeast3.0 mi
78th Street Southeast2.9 mi
80th Street Southeast2.5 mi
79th Street Southeast1.5 mi
81st Avenue Southeast1.4 mi
81st Street Southeast1.1 mi
82nd Street Southeast1.0 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Potsdam 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)9.010.311.813.515.015.815.414.112.510.89.38.6
High (°F)202538546776818071563825
Rain (in)0.50.61.01.73.23.73.42.52.31.90.70.6

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 3.7 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Potsdam Township →

Next door

Potsdam Township and its neighbors

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Willowbank Township43 miGolden Glen Township30 miPotsdam Township25 miValley Township18 miHamburg Township16 miYoung Township15 miWhitestone Township9.3 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Potsdam Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Young Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Hamburg 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
Golden Glen Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Willowbank Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Whitestone 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 Potsdam Township

Is there public land near Potsdam Township?

1,008 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Potsdam Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 159 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Potsdam 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 →