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Outdoors in Vang Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Vang Township

31% of Vang Township’s land is conserved, about 6,700 acres. 29 miles of mapped trail cross Vang Township, 0.8 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
31%
6,700 acres · of 34.3 sq mi of land
Trails
29 mi
0.8 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

6,700 conserved acres

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

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service8,311 ac
State land board949 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)299 ac
Conservation Easement · 8,287 acState Resource Management Area · 949 acResource Management Area · 322 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 5,590 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 board949Open
Ward County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service322Restricted
Trails & water

11 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 28.9 mi
170th Street Southwest3.1 mi
198th Street Southwest2.5 mi
156th Street Southwest1.4 mi
226th Street Southwest1.0 mi
163rd Avenue Southwest1.0 mi
205th Street Southwest0.9 mi
184th Street Southwest0.9 mi
205th Avenue Southwest0.8 mi
191st Avenue Southwest0.6 mi
212th Street Southwest0.5 mi
1 more trails
240th Street Southwest
0.5 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Vang 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)202436526574818170543624
Rain (in)0.50.50.71.12.63.62.72.01.71.30.70.5

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 Vang Township →

Next door

Vang Township and its neighbors

Vang Township has the second most mapped trails of the 6 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
Vang Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Torning 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
Rice Lake Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Linton 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

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Vang Township

Is there public land near Vang Township?

6,535 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Vang Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 955 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Vang 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 →