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Outdoors in Prospect Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Prospect Township

8% of Prospect Township’s land is conserved, about 1,907 acres. 25 miles of mapped trail cross Prospect Township, 0.7 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
8%
1,907 acres · of 35.8 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

1,907 conserved acres

8% of Prospect Township’s land. Who manages Prospect Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service2,249 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)287 ac
Conservation Easement · 1,587 acResource Management Area · 949 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 1,432 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Ramsey County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service949Restricted
Trails & water

6 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 24.6 mi
73rd Street Northeast5.0 mi
100th Avenue Northeast5.0 mi
76th Street Northeast3.0 mi
98th Avenue Northeast2.9 mi
75th Street Northeast2.0 mi
96th Avenue Northeast0.7 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Prospect 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)8.710.111.713.615.216.115.714.312.510.79.18.3
High (°F)141932506574787868523319
Rain (in)0.60.50.81.12.93.93.52.62.11.60.80.7

February is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 78 °F). 3.9 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Prospect Township →

Next door

Prospect Township and its neighbors

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

Prospect Township25 miHighland Center Township22 miFancher Township16 miBillings Township16 miNorthfield Township12 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Prospect Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Northfield Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Fancher Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Highland Center Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Billings 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 Prospect Township

Is there public land near Prospect Township?

204 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Prospect 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 Prospect 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 →