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Outdoors in Round Top Township

More than half of Round Top Township’s land is conserved: 57%

57% of Round Top Township’s land is conserved, about 12,205 acres. 20 miles of mapped trail cross Round Top Township, 0.6 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
57%
12,205 acres · of 33.7 sq mi of land
Trails
20 mi
0.6 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
1,926 ft
Round Top
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

12,205 conserved acres

57% of Round Top Township’s land. Water is left out: Round Top Township has 33.7 square miles of land and 2.2 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Round Top Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service17,491 ac
State land board717 ac
Conservation Easement · 15,025 acResource Management Area · 2,466 acState Resource Management Area · 717 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 10,253 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Stutsman County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service2,466Restricted
Nd State Lands - Surface Ownership
State Resource Management Area
State land board717Open
Things to do

1 places to go in Round Top Township

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

Peaks in Round Top Township
Round Top1,926 ft elevation
Directions
Trails & water

7 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 19.8 mi
72nd Avenue Southeast2.9 mi
67th Avenue Southeast2.5 mi
19th Street Southeast1.5 mi
18th Street Southeast1.3 mi
70th Avenue Southeast0.7 mi
68th Avenue Southeast0.2 mi
23rd Street Southeast0.1 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Round Top 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)8.910.211.813.515.015.915.514.212.510.89.38.5
High (°F)182335526675807970543723
Rain (in)0.40.50.71.33.13.43.52.52.11.70.60.6

January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 3.5 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Round Top Township →

Next door

Round Top Township and its neighbors

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TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Round Top Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Plainview Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Deer Lake Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Paris Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Pipestem Valley 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 Round Top Township

Is there public land near Round Top Township?

10,022 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Round Top Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 720 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Round Top 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 →