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Outdoors in Spring Grove Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Spring Grove Township

26% of Spring Grove Township’s land is conserved, about 5,323 acres. 32 miles of mapped trail cross Spring Grove Township, 1.0 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
26%
5,323 acres · of 32.1 sq mi of land
Trails
32 mi
1.0 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

5,323 conserved acres

26% of Spring Grove Township’s land. Water is left out: Spring Grove Township has 32.1 square miles of land and 1.8 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Spring Grove Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service5,428 ac
State land board318 ac
Conservation Easement · 4,749 acResource Management Area · 679 acState Resource Management Area · 318 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 4,665 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Mchenry County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service679Restricted
Nd State Lands - Surface Ownership
State Resource Management Area
State land board318Open
Trails & water

11 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 32.0 mi
8th Avenue Northeast3.4 mi
6th Avenue Northeast2.6 mi
11th Avenue Northeast2.4 mi
34th Street Northeast2.0 mi
12th Avenue Northeast1.9 mi
30th Street Northeast1.7 mi
32nd Street Northeast1.1 mi
36th Street Northeast0.9 mi
33rd Street Northeast0.7 mi
31st Street Northeast0.7 mi
1 more trails
9th Avenue Northeast
0.6 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Spring Grove 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)8.810.211.713.615.116.015.614.312.510.79.28.4
High (°F)182336536675818171553724
Rain (in)0.50.40.71.12.63.62.72.11.81.40.70.6

February 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 Spring Grove Township →

Next door

Spring Grove Township and its neighbors

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

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Spring Grove Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Land Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Anamoose Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Strege Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Rosenfield 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 Spring Grove Township

Is there public land near Spring Grove Township?

5,582 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Spring Grove Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 320 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Spring Grove 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 →