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Outdoors in Speedwell Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Speedwell Township

5% of Speedwell Township’s land is conserved, about 1,188 acres. 18 miles of mapped trail cross Speedwell Township, 0.5 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
5%
1,188 acres · of 35.6 sq mi of land
Trails
18 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

1,188 conserved acres

5% of Speedwell Township’s land. Who manages Speedwell Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service869 ac
State land board319 ac
Conservation Easement · 869 acState Resource Management Area · 319 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 869 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 board319Open
Trails & water

7 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 17.9 mi
1st Street Northeast3.6 mi
44th Avenue Northeast3.3 mi
42nd Avenue Northeast2.4 mi
4th Street Northeast2.0 mi
2nd Street Northeast1.0 mi
48th Avenue Northeast0.9 mi
46th Avenue Northeast0.1 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Speedwell 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)8.810.211.813.615.115.915.614.212.510.89.28.5
High (°F)182235526675808070543622
Rain (in)0.40.40.61.12.63.43.22.42.01.40.60.6

January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 3.4 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Speedwell Township →

Next door

Speedwell Township and its neighbors

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Haaland Township29 miSouth Cottonwood Township22 miSykeston Township21 miBerlin Township19 miSpeedwell Township18 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Speedwell Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Sykeston Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Haaland Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Berlin Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
South Cottonwood 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 Speedwell Township

Is there public land near Speedwell Township?

2,050 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Speedwell Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 319 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Speedwell 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 →