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Outdoors in Rock Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Rock Township

3% of Rock Township’s land is conserved, about 793 acres. 39 miles of mapped trail cross Rock Township, 1.1 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
3%
793 acres · of 35.6 sq mi of land
Trails
39 mi
1.1 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
2,503 ft
Spring Hill
Lakes & rivers
1
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

793 conserved acres

3% of Rock Township’s land. Who manages Rock Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State land board793 ac
State Resource Management Area · 793 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Nd State Lands - Surface Ownership
State Resource Management Area
State land board793Open
Things to do

2 places to go in Rock Township

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

Peaks in Rock Township
Spring Hill2,503 ft elevation
Directions
Medicine Rock2,379 ft elevation
Directions
Trails & water

6 named trails and 1 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Unpaved · 39.4 mi
72nd Street Southwest3.5 mi
64th Avenue Southwest2.8 mi
76th Street Southwest2.1 mi
75th Street Southwest1.1 mi
74th Street Southwest1.0 mi
62nd Avenue Southwest0.8 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
When to get out

The best walking months in Rock 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)9.010.311.813.515.015.815.414.212.510.89.38.6
High (°F)252942566777848373574129
Rain (in)0.40.50.81.52.63.12.71.91.51.50.60.5

January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 3.1 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Rock Township →

Next door

Rock Township and its neighbors

Rock Township has the second most mapped trails of the 3 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
Rock Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Elm Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Fisher 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 Rock Township

Is there public land near Rock Township?

12,332 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Rock Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 802 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from 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 →