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Outdoors in Svea Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Svea Township

24% of Svea Township’s land is conserved, about 5,394 acres. 9.2 miles of mapped trail cross Svea Township, 0.3 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
24%
5,394 acres · of 35.9 sq mi of land
Trails
9.2 mi
0.3 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

5,394 conserved acres

24% of Svea Township’s land. Who manages Svea Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service6,279 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)199 ac
Conservation Easement · 6,009 acResource Management Area · 469 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 5,159 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Barnes County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service469Restricted
Trails & water

6 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 9.2 mi
48th Street Southeast1.5 mi
105th Avenue Southeast1.0 mi
107th Avenue Southeast1.0 mi
44th Street Southeast0.5 mi
43rd Street Southeast0.2 mi
108th Avenue Southeast0.1 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Svea 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)8.910.211.813.515.015.815.514.212.510.89.38.6
High (°F)192437536776818071553824
Rain (in)0.50.50.91.43.23.63.42.52.41.90.70.7

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 3.6 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Svea Township →

Next door

Svea Township and its neighbors

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Rosebud Township24 miMeadow Lake Township20 miSkandia Township17 miSvea Township9.2 miHemen Township7.4 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Svea Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Rosebud Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Skandia Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Meadow Lake Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Hemen 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 Svea Township

Is there public land near Svea Township?

1,217 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Svea 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 Svea 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 →