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Outdoors in Sand Creek Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Sand Creek Township

14% of Sand Creek Township’s land is conserved, about 6,124 acres. 109 miles of mapped trail cross Sand Creek Township, 1.5 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
14%
6,124 acres · of 70.9 sq mi of land
Trails
109 mi
1.5 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Who protects it

6,124 conserved acres

14% of Sand Creek Township’s land. Who manages Sand Creek Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Forest Service5,186 ac
State land board938 ac
National Grassland · 5,186 acState Resource Management Area · 938 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Little Missouri National Grassland
National Grassland
U.S. Forest Service5,186Open
Nd State Lands - Surface Ownership
State Resource Management Area
State land board938Open
History along the way

1 place on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
H-T RanchBuilding · listed 1985
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Sand Creek Township: May and July to 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)9.010.211.813.515.015.815.514.212.510.89.38.6
High (°F)283243556676858474574231
Rain (in)0.40.40.61.32.52.82.11.41.61.30.50.4

January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 2.8 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Sand Creek Township →

Next door

Sand Creek Township and its neighbors

Sand Creek Township has the most mapped trails of the 3 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Sand Creek Township109 miRichland Center Township40 miWhite Lake Township38 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Sand Creek Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
White Lake Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Richland Center 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 Sand Creek Township

Is there public land near Sand Creek Township?

89,727 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Sand Creek Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 4,866 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Sand Creek 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 →