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Outdoors in Smith Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Smith Township

41% of Smith Township’s land is conserved, about 11,498 acres. 31 miles of mapped trail cross Smith Township, 0.7 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
41%
11,498 acres · of 43.3 sq mi of land
Trails
31 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

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

11,498 conserved acres

41% of Smith Township’s land. Who manages Smith Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service10,581 ac
State land board1,528 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)659 ac
Conservation Easement · 9,973 acState Resource Management Area · 1,528 acResource Management Area · 1,268 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 9,335 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 board1,528Open
Towner County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service1,268Restricted
Trails & water

10 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 31.2 mi
109th Street Northeast5.4 mi
108th Street Northeast3.9 mi
68th Avenue Northeast3.6 mi
107th Street Northeast3.0 mi
72nd Avenue Northeast2.7 mi
69th Avenue Northeast2.0 mi
70th Avenue Northeast2.0 mi
71st Avenue Northeast1.9 mi
105th Street Northeast1.2 mi
102nd Street Northeast0.4 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Smith 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)8.710.111.713.615.316.215.814.412.510.79.18.3
High (°F)151932506574787868523320
Rain (in)0.50.60.71.02.73.63.12.51.81.40.80.7

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 78 °F). 3.6 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Smith Township →

Next door

Smith Township and its neighbors

Smith Township has the second most mapped trails of the 4 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Dash Township35 miSmith Township31 miSidney Township28 miRock Lake Township19 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Smith Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Sidney Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Rock Lake Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Dash 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 Smith Township

Is there public land near Smith Township?

6,027 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Smith Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1,538 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Smith 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 →