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Outdoors in Pretty Rock Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Pretty Rock Township

1% of Pretty Rock Township’s land is conserved, about 308 acres. 48 miles of mapped trail cross Pretty Rock Township, 1.3 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
1%
308 acres · of 35.8 sq mi of land
Trails
48 mi
1.3 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
2,749 ft
Pretty Rock Butte
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

308 conserved acres

1% of Pretty Rock Township’s land. Who manages Pretty Rock Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State land board308 ac
State Resource Management Area · 308 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Nd State Lands - Surface Ownership
State Resource Management Area
State land board308Open
Things to do

3 places to go in Pretty Rock Township

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Peaks in Pretty Rock Township
Pretty Rock Butte2,749 ft elevation
Directions
Beer Bum Hill2,621 ft elevation
Directions
Round Top2,516 ft elevation
Directions
Trails & water

10 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 48.1 mi
71st Avenue Southwest6.0 mi
68th Avenue Southwest4.2 mi
87th Street Southwest4.0 mi
86th Street Southwest3.6 mi
69th Avenue Southwest2.6 mi
67th Avenue Southwest2.5 mi
88th Street Southwest2.0 mi
66th Avenue Southwest1.6 mi
89th Street Southwest1.0 mi
85th Street Southwest0.6 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Pretty Rock 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)9.010.311.813.514.915.715.414.112.510.89.48.6
High (°F)252942556676838373564129
Rain (in)0.40.50.81.52.73.12.71.91.51.50.60.5

January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 3.1 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Pretty Rock Township →

Next door

Pretty Rock Township and its neighbors

Pretty Rock Township has the most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Pretty Rock Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Howe 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 Pretty Rock Township

Is there public land near Pretty Rock Township?

17,324 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Pretty Rock Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 318 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Pretty Rock 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 →