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Brown, Stephen William, Stone HouseBrown, Stephen William, Stone House · Photo: RustyQtr · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Outdoors in Sharlow Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Sharlow Township

12% of Sharlow Township’s land is conserved, about 2,819 acres. 20 miles of mapped trail cross Sharlow Township, 0.5 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
12%
2,819 acres · of 36.2 sq mi of land
Trails
20 mi
0.5 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

2,819 conserved acres

12% of Sharlow Township’s land. Who manages Sharlow Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service2,819 ac
Conservation Easement · 2,819 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 2,819 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

Trails & water

8 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 19.5 mi
53rd Street Southeast2.9 mi
51st Street Southeast1.9 mi
78th Avenue Southeast1.7 mi
50th Street Southeast1.5 mi
77th Avenue Southeast1.0 mi
74th Avenue Southeast1.0 mi
72nd Avenue Southeast0.9 mi
48th Street Southeast0.6 mi
History along the way

1 place on the National Register

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

History →
Brown, Stephen William, Stone HouseBuilding · listed 2004
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Sharlow 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)8.910.211.813.515.015.815.514.212.510.89.38.6
High (°F)202437536776818071553825
Rain (in)0.50.50.91.43.23.43.42.42.21.80.60.6

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 3.4 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Sharlow Township →

Next door

Sharlow Township and its neighbors

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Lenton Township46 miAlexander Township26 miSevern Township21 miSharlow Township20 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Sharlow Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Lenton Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Severn Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Alexander 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 Sharlow Township

Is there public land near Sharlow Township?

2,823 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Sharlow Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Sharlow 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 →