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Outdoors in Sikes Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Sikes Township

20% of Sikes Township’s land is conserved, about 4,455 acres. 5.2 miles of mapped trail cross Sikes Township, 0.1 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
20%
4,455 acres · of 35.5 sq mi of land
Trails
5.2 mi
0.1 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

4,455 conserved acres

20% of Sikes Township’s land. Who manages Sikes Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service4,427 ac
State land board453 ac
Bureau of Land Management117 ac
Conservation Easement · 3,786 acResource Management Area · 640 acState Resource Management Area · 453 acNational Public Lands · 117 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 3,565 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Mountrail County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service640Restricted
Nd State Lands - Surface Ownership
State Resource Management Area
State land board453Open
North Dakota Field Office
National Public Lands
Bureau of Land Management117Open
Trails & water

3 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 5.2 mi
78 Avenue Northwest0.8 mi
79th Avenue Northwest0.6 mi
53rd Street Northwest0.5 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Sikes 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)8.810.111.713.615.216.015.714.312.510.79.18.4
High (°F)202437536674818170543624
Rain (in)0.40.40.61.12.43.32.91.91.71.10.60.5

February is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 3.3 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Sikes Township →

Next door

Sikes Township and its neighbors

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Purcell Township18 miAustin Township11 miCrane Creek Township10 miBrookbank Township9.3 miWayzetta Township7.3 miSikes Township5.2 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Sikes Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Crane Creek Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Purcell Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Brookbank Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Austin Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Wayzetta 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 Sikes Township

Is there public land near Sikes Township?

20,445 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Sikes Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 574 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Sikes 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 →