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Outdoors in Wayne Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Wayne Township

40% of Wayne Township’s land is conserved, about 11,150 acres. 42 miles of mapped trail cross Wayne Township, 1.0 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
40%
11,150 acres · of 43.6 sq mi of land
Trails
42 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

11,150 conserved acres

40% of Wayne Township’s land. Who manages Wayne Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service11,379 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)155 ac
State land board1 ac
Conservation Easement · 11,070 acResource Management Area · 465 acState Resource Management Area · 1 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 10,916 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Bottineau County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service465Restricted
Nd State Lands - Surface Ownership
State Resource Management Area
State land board1Open
Trails & water

8 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 41.5 mi
19th Avenue Northwest5.6 mi
21st Avenue Northwest4.8 mi
102nd Street Northwest2.3 mi
22nd Avenue Northwest1.7 mi
106th Street Northwest1.5 mi
24th Avenue Northwest1.4 mi
109th Street Northwest1.0 mi
104th Street Northwest0.7 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Wayne 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)8.710.111.713.615.316.215.814.412.510.79.18.3
High (°F)162134536675808070533521
Rain (in)0.60.50.71.12.43.82.52.11.71.30.70.7

February is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 3.8 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Wayne Township →

Next door

Wayne Township and its neighbors

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

Richburg Township47 miWayne Township42 miAntler Township39 miBentinck Township36 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Wayne Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Antler Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Bentinck Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Richburg 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 Wayne Township

Is there public land near Wayne Township?

1,390 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Wayne 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 Wayne 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 →