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Our Savior's Scandinavian Lutheran ChurchOur Savior's Scandinavian Lutheran Church · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Outdoors in Spencer Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Spencer Township

31 miles of mapped trail cross Spencer Township, 0.9 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
under 1%
4 acres · of 34.9 sq mi of land
Trails
31 mi
0.9 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 conserved acres

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

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service4 ac
Conservation Easement · 4 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 4 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

Trails & water

10 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 30.6 mi
576th Street Northwest4.0 mi
310th Avenue Northwest3.9 mi
548th Street Northwest3.7 mi
380th Avenue Northwest3.5 mi
338th Avenue Northwest3.4 mi
324th Avenue Northwest3.2 mi
562nd Street Northwest1.9 mi
352nd Avenue Northwest1.0 mi
72nd Avenue Northwest1.0 mi
366th Avenue Northwest0.6 mi
History along the way

1 place on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Our Savior's Scandinavian Lutheran ChurchBuilding · listed 2005
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Spencer 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)8.710.111.713.615.216.115.714.312.510.79.18.3
High (°F)182235526573807969523422
Rain (in)0.50.50.71.12.53.52.91.91.81.30.70.6

February is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 3.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Spencer Township →

Next door

Spencer Township and its neighbors

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Elmdale Township51 miBaden Township33 miSpencer Township31 miKandiyohi Township28 miCrowfoot Township24 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Spencer Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Kandiyohi Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Baden Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Elmdale Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Crowfoot 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 Spencer Township

Is there public land near Spencer Township?

7,782 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Spencer Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Spencer 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 →