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Outdoors in Progress Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Progress Township

47% of Progress Township’s land is conserved, about 10,484 acres. 23 miles of mapped trail cross Progress Township, 0.7 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
47%
10,484 acres · of 34.9 sq mi of land
Trails
23 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

10,484 conserved acres

47% of Progress Township’s land. Who manages Progress Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service10,354 ac
State land board318 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)276 ac
Conservation Easement · 9,883 acResource Management Area · 747 acState Resource Management Area · 318 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 9,791 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Wells County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service747Restricted
Nd State Lands - Surface Ownership
State Resource Management Area
State land board318Open
Trails & water

4 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 22.8 mi
6th Street Southeast1.5 mi
37th Avenue Southeast1.5 mi
38th Avenue Southeast0.6 mi
4th Street Southeast0.5 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Progress 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)8.910.211.813.615.115.915.614.212.510.89.28.5
High (°F)182235526675808070543622
Rain (in)0.40.50.61.12.73.43.12.42.01.40.60.6

January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 3.4 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Progress Township →

Next door

Progress Township and its neighbors

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Merkel Township66 miHaaland Township29 miWallace Township24 miProgress Township23 miSilver Lake Township21 miBerlin Township19 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Progress Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Berlin Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Haaland Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Silver Lake Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Wallace Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Merkel 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 Progress Township

Is there public land near Progress Township?

6,762 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Progress Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 319 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Progress 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 →