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Outdoors in Torning Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Torning Township

35% of Torning Township’s land is conserved, about 7,788 acres. 36 miles of mapped trail cross Torning Township, 1.0 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
35%
7,788 acres · of 34.4 sq mi of land
Trails
36 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

7,788 conserved acres

35% of Torning Township’s land. Who manages Torning Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service7,904 ac
State land board7 ac
Conservation Easement · 7,904 acState Resource Management Area · 7 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 7,781 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Nd State Lands - Surface Ownership
State Resource Management Area
State land board7Open
Trails & water

9 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 36.0 mi
128th Street Southwest3.1 mi
100th Street Southwest2.4 mi
114th Street Southwest2.3 mi
86th Street Southwest1.8 mi
156th Street Southwest1.2 mi
205th Avenue Southwest0.9 mi
163rd Avenue Southwest0.5 mi
72nd Street Southwest0.5 mi
121st Avenue Southwest0.4 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Torning 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)8.810.111.713.615.216.015.714.312.510.79.28.4
High (°F)192336526574808070533624
Rain (in)0.50.50.71.22.73.62.72.01.71.30.70.6

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 3.6 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Torning Township →

Next door

Torning Township and its neighbors

Torning Township has the most mapped trails of the 7 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
Torning Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Vang Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Freedom Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Rice Lake Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Burt Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Hilton Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Rolling Green 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 Torning Township

Is there public land near Torning Township?

5,920 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Torning Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 6 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Torning 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 →