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Outdoors in Rye Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Rye Township

8% of Rye Township’s land is conserved, about 1,489 acres. 13 miles of mapped trail cross Rye Township, 0.5 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
8%
1,489 acres · of 27.6 sq mi of land
Trails
13 mi
0.5 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
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

1,489 conserved acres

8% of Rye Township’s land. Who manages Rye Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service1,651 ac
State land board324 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)239 ac
Resource Management Area · 1,166 acConservation Easement · 725 acState Resource Management Area · 324 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 581 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Grand Forks County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service1,166Restricted
Nd State Lands - Surface Ownership
State Resource Management Area
State land board324Open
Trails & water

6 named trails and 1 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Unpaved · 12.7 mi
54th Avenue North2.2 mi
83rd Street North2.1 mi
24th Avenue Northeast1.5 mi
40th Avenue North1.0 mi
22nd Avenue Northeast1.0 mi
19th Avenue Northeast0.6 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Turtle River
When to get out

September is the best month for walking in Rye Township

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)8.810.211.713.615.116.015.714.312.510.79.28.4
High (°F)162135536877818071543622
Rain (in)0.50.50.91.32.83.93.52.72.41.90.90.7

February is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 3.9 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Rye Township →

Next door

Rye Township and its neighbors

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Ferry Township31 miGrand Forks24 miBlooming Township13 miRye Township13 miFalconer Township4.7 miBrenna Township3.6 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Rye Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Grand Forks3%0.81397%B+
Brenna Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Falconer Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Ferry Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Blooming 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 Rye Township

Is there public land near Rye Township?

3,005 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Rye Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 323 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Rye 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 →