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Outdoors in Strege Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Strege Township

39% of Strege Township’s land is conserved, about 8,859 acres. 21 miles of mapped trail cross Strege Township, 0.6 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
39%
8,859 acres · of 35.3 sq mi of land
Trails
21 mi
0.6 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

8,859 conserved acres

39% of Strege Township’s land. Who manages Strege Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service9,350 ac
State land board10 ac
Conservation Easement · 9,214 acResource Management Area · 136 acState Resource Management Area · 10 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 8,781 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 Service136Restricted
Nd State Lands - Surface Ownership
State Resource Management Area
State land board10Open
Trails & water

9 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 21.0 mi
40th Street Northeast5.0 mi
39th Street Northeast4.7 mi
9th Avenue Northeast3.2 mi
7th Avenue Northeast2.4 mi
36th Street Northeast1.3 mi
37th Street Northeast1.0 mi
11th Avenue Northeast0.7 mi
8th Avenue Northeast0.6 mi
6th Avenue Northeast0.5 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Strege 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)8.810.211.713.615.116.015.714.312.510.79.28.4
High (°F)182335536675818171543623
Rain (in)0.50.40.71.12.63.62.72.11.71.40.70.6

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 Strege Township →

Next door

Strege Township and its neighbors

Strege Township has the second most mapped trails of the 4 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Spring Grove Township32 miStrege Township21 miBalfour Township21 miSchiller Township19 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Strege Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Balfour Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Spring Grove Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Schiller 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 Strege Township

Is there public land near Strege Township?

7,318 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Strege Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 8 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Strege 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 →