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Outdoors in Shealy Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Shealy Township

39% of Shealy Township’s land is conserved, about 8,868 acres. 26 miles of mapped trail cross Shealy Township, 0.7 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
39%
8,868 acres · of 35.2 sq mi of land
Trails
26 mi
0.7 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

8,868 conserved acres

39% of Shealy Township’s land. Who manages Shealy Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service9,391 ac
State land board633 ac
Conservation Easement · 8,934 acState Resource Management Area · 633 acResource Management Area · 457 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 8,006 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 board633Open
Ward County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service457Restricted
Trails & water

8 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 25.9 mi
79th Avenue Southwest3.6 mi
380th Street Southwest2.5 mi
52nd Street Northwest1.5 mi
60th Avenue Northwest0.9 mi
408th Street Northwest0.9 mi
394th Street Southwest0.5 mi
366th Street Southwest0.4 mi
338th Street Southwest0.3 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Shealy Township: May, 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)8.810.111.713.615.216.015.714.312.510.79.28.4
High (°F)202437536674818170543624
Rain (in)0.40.40.61.12.53.42.81.91.71.10.60.5

January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 3.4 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Shealy Township →

Next door

Shealy Township and its neighbors

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Kickapoo Township48 miEvergreen Township38 miOsloe Township34 miLund Township34 miTolgen Township32 miShealy Township26 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Shealy Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Lund Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Osloe Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Evergreen Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Tolgen Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Kickapoo 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 Shealy Township

Is there public land near Shealy Township?

6,492 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Shealy Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 639 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Shealy 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 →