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US Post office in Spiritwood, North Dakota 6-8-2008Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Outdoors in Spiritwood Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Spiritwood Township

15% of Spiritwood Township’s land is conserved, about 3,539 acres. 27 miles of mapped trail cross Spiritwood Township, 0.8 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
15%
3,539 acres · of 35.7 sq mi of land
Trails
27 mi
0.8 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

3,539 conserved acres

15% of Spiritwood Township’s land. Who manages Spiritwood Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service3,737 ac
Conservation Easement · 3,346 acResource Management Area · 392 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 3,343 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Stutsman County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service392Restricted
Trails & water

7 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 26.9 mi
32nd Street Southeast4.6 mi
92nd Avenue Southeast2.8 mi
34th Street Southeast1.9 mi
90th Avenue Southeast1.6 mi
95th Avenue Southeast1.1 mi
31st Street Southeast1.0 mi
93rd Avenue Southeast0.7 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Spiritwood 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)8.910.211.813.515.015.915.514.212.510.89.38.5
High (°F)192436536776818071553724
Rain (in)0.40.50.81.33.23.63.52.52.31.80.60.6

January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 3.6 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Spiritwood Township →

Next door

Spiritwood Township and its neighbors

Spiritwood Township has the second most mapped trails of the 5 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Rose Township38 miSpiritwood Township27 miWinfield Township25 miBloom Township19 miEckelson Township14 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Spiritwood Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Bloom Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Rose Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Winfield Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Eckelson 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 Spiritwood Township

Is there public land near Spiritwood Township?

4,513 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Spiritwood 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 Spiritwood Township neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →