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Outdoors in Troy Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Troy Township

31% of Troy Township’s land is conserved, about 6,847 acres. 51 miles of mapped trail cross Troy Township, 1.5 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
31%
6,847 acres · of 34.4 sq mi of land
Trails
51 mi
1.5 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

6,847 conserved acres

31% of Troy Township’s land. Who manages Troy Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service7,278 ac
State land board155 ac
Conservation Easement · 6,956 acResource Management Area · 323 acState Resource Management Area · 155 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 6,531 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Divide County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service323Restricted
Nd State Lands - Surface Ownership
State Resource Management Area
State land board155Open
Trails & water

12 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 50.9 mi
123rd Avenue Northwest6.1 mi
97th Street Northwest5.9 mi
122nd Avenue Northwest4.1 mi
125th Avenue Northwest4.0 mi
99th Street Northwest4.0 mi
102nd Street Northwest3.4 mi
126th Avenue Northwest2.7 mi
120th Avenue Northwest2.0 mi
124th Avenue Northwest2.0 mi
100th Street Northwest1.3 mi
2 more trails
101st Street Northwest
1.0 mi
96th Street Northwest
0.2 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Troy Township: May and July to 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)8.710.111.713.615.216.215.814.412.510.79.18.3
High (°F)182336536674808070533523
Rain (in)0.50.40.61.12.33.52.51.61.61.10.60.5

February is the driest month (0.4 in) and August the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 3.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Troy Township →

Next door

Troy Township and its neighbors

Troy 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
Troy Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Blooming Prairie Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Twin Butte Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Plumer Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Hawkeye Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Burg Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Ambrose 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 Troy Township

Is there public land near Troy Township?

6,995 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Troy Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 157 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Troy 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 →