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Outdoors in Prairie Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Prairie Township

34% of Prairie Township’s land is conserved, about 7,784 acres. 28 miles of mapped trail cross Prairie Township, 0.8 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
34%
7,784 acres · of 36.1 sq mi of land
Trails
28 mi
0.8 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

7,784 conserved acres

34% of Prairie Township’s land. Who manages Prairie Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service7,864 ac
Conservation Easement · 7,703 acResource Management Area · 162 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 7,703 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Lamoure County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service162Restricted
Trails & water

10 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 27.7 mi
105th Avenue Southeast5.2 mi
55th Street Southeast3.9 mi
56th Street Southeast3.3 mi
103rd Avenue Southeast3.2 mi
108th Avenue Southeast2.2 mi
59th Street Southeast2.0 mi
107th Avenue Southeast1.3 mi
102nd Avenue Southeast1.1 mi
57th Street Southeast1.0 mi
60th Street Southeast0.8 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Prairie 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)8.910.211.813.515.015.815.514.212.510.89.38.6
High (°F)202437546777818071553825
Rain (in)0.50.61.01.53.13.63.42.52.42.00.60.7

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 3.6 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Prairie Township →

Next door

Prairie Township and its neighbors

Prairie Township has the most mapped trails of the 4 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Prairie Township28 miSheridan Township24 miLitchville Township20 miGladstone Township19 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Prairie Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Gladstone Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Litchville Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Sheridan 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 Prairie Township

Is there public land near Prairie Township?

719 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Prairie 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 Prairie 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 →