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Outdoors in Rat Lake Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Rat Lake Township

24% of Rat Lake Township’s land is conserved, about 5,545 acres. 12 miles of mapped trail cross Rat Lake Township, 0.3 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
24%
5,545 acres · of 35.7 sq mi of land
Trails
12 mi
0.3 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

5,545 conserved acres

24% of Rat Lake Township’s land. Who manages Rat Lake Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service5,149 ac
State land board1,272 ac
Army Corps of Engineers5 ac
Conservation Easement · 5,122 acState Resource Management Area · 1,272 acResource Management Area · 27 acRecreation Management Area · 5 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 4,253 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 board1,272Open
Mountrail County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service27Restricted
Sakakawea Recreation Area
Recreation Management Area
Army Corps of Engineers5Open
When to get out

The best walking months in Rat Lake Township: May, 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)8.810.111.713.615.216.015.714.312.510.79.28.4
High (°F)202538546675818171543624
Rain (in)0.50.40.61.12.43.32.91.91.61.20.60.6

February is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 3.3 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Rat Lake Township →

Next door

Rat Lake Township and its neighbors

Rat Lake Township has the most mapped trails of the 3 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Rat Lake Township12 miDebing Township11 miBrookbank Township9.3 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Rat Lake Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Debing Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Brookbank 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 Rat Lake Township

Is there public land near Rat Lake Township?

41,240 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Rat Lake Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1,288 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Rat Lake 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 →