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Ryder, North Dakota 7-17-2009Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Outdoors in Ryder Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Ryder Township

38% of Ryder Township’s land is conserved, about 8,472 acres. 25 miles of mapped trail cross Ryder Township, 0.7 per square mile of land. 5% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Conserved land
38%
8,472 acres · of 34.7 sq mi of land
Trails
25 mi
0.7 per sq mi of land
Near a park
5%
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

8,472 conserved acres

38% of Ryder Township’s land. Who manages Ryder Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service8,474 ac
State land board156 ac
Conservation Easement · 8,157 acResource Management Area · 316 acState Resource Management Area · 156 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 8,157 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Ward County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service316Restricted
Nd State Lands - Surface Ownership
State Resource Management Area
State land board156Open
Trails & water

9 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 25.4 mi
226th Street Southwest4.4 mi
268th Street Southwest4.0 mi
373rd Avenue Southwest3.9 mi
289th Avenue Southwest2.2 mi
240th Street Southwest1.7 mi
317th Avenue Southwest1.6 mi
345th Avenue Southwest1.0 mi
212th Street Southwest0.9 mi
296th Street Southwest0.2 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Ryder 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)8.810.211.713.615.116.015.614.312.510.79.28.4
High (°F)202437536674818171543724
Rain (in)0.40.50.71.12.63.52.72.01.71.10.60.6

January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 3.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Ryder Township →

Next door

Ryder Township and its neighbors

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Anna Township35 miCameron Township26 miRyder Township25 miHiddenwood Township21 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Ryder Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Cameron Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Anna Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Hiddenwood 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 Ryder Township

Is there public land near Ryder Township?

6,710 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Ryder Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 158 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Ryder 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 →