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Outdoors in South Fork Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in South Fork Township

39 miles of mapped trail cross South Fork Township, 1.1 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
under 1%
64 acres · of 36.1 sq mi of land
Trails
39 mi
1.1 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
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

64 conserved acres

under 1% of South Fork Township’s land. Who manages South Fork Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

USDA easements (NRCS)64 ac
Conservation Easement · 64 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 64 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

Trails & water

11 named trails and 1 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Unpaved · 38.6 mi
30th Street Northeast4.4 mi
6th Avenue Northeast3.0 mi
8th Avenue Northeast3.0 mi
29th Street Northeast3.0 mi
5th Avenue Northeast2.7 mi
78th Avenue Southwest1.6 mi
26th Street Northeast1.4 mi
7th Avenue Northeast1.0 mi
3rd Avenue Northeast0.4 mi
9th Avenue Northeast0.3 mi
1 more trails
4th Avenue Northeast
0.2 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Cedar Creek
When to get out

The best walking months in South Fork Township: 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)9.010.311.813.514.915.715.414.112.510.89.48.6
High (°F)263042566777858474574130
Rain (in)0.30.50.71.52.63.02.51.81.41.40.60.4

January is the driest month (0.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 3.0 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in South Fork Township →

Next door

South Fork Township and its neighbors

South Fork Township has the second most mapped trails of the 3 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Beisigl Township40 miSouth Fork Township39 miOrange Township30 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
South Fork Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Orange Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Beisigl 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 South Fork Township

Is there public land near South Fork Township?

13,489 acres of parks and open public land lie inside South Fork 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 South Fork 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 →