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Outdoors in Rush Lake Township

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

44% of Rush Lake Township’s land is conserved, about 9,703 acres. 30 miles of mapped trail cross Rush Lake Township, 0.9 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
44%
9,703 acres · of 34.8 sq mi of land
Trails
30 mi
0.9 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

9,703 conserved acres

44% of Rush Lake Township’s land. Who manages Rush Lake Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service8,983 ac
State land board1,843 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)228 ac
Conservation Easement · 7,629 acState Resource Management Area · 1,843 acNational Wildlife Refuge · 961 acResource Management Area · 621 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 7,067 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 board1,843Open
Pierce County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service1,582Restricted
Trails & water

12 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 29.7 mi
70th Street Northeast4.1 mi
68th Street Northeast3.1 mi
67th Street Northeast3.0 mi
69th Street Northeast1.9 mi
43rd Avenue Northeast1.6 mi
46th Avenue Northeast1.0 mi
66th Street Northeast0.9 mi
42nd Avenue Northeast0.8 mi
72nd Street Northeast0.7 mi
71st Street Northeast0.5 mi
2 more trails
47th Avenue Northeast
0.4 mi
44th Avenue Northeast
0.4 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Rush Lake 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)162133516574797969533421
Rain (in)0.40.40.61.02.63.93.12.31.81.40.60.6

February is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 79 °F). 3.9 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Rush Lake Township →

Next door

Rush Lake Township and its neighbors

Rush Lake Township has the most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Rush Lake Township30 miKnox Township25 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Rush Lake Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Knox 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 Rush Lake Township

Is there public land near Rush Lake Township?

6,211 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Rush Lake Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1,844 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Rush 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 →