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Outdoors in Wheaton Township

More than half of Wheaton Township’s land is conserved: 62%

62% of Wheaton Township’s land is conserved, about 17,350 acres. 34 miles of mapped trail cross Wheaton Township, 0.8 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
62%
17,350 acres · of 43.4 sq mi of land
Trails
34 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

17,350 conserved acres

62% of Wheaton Township’s land. Who manages Wheaton Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service17,033 ac
State land board319 ac
Conservation Easement · 17,033 acState Resource Management Area · 319 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 17,031 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 board319Open
Trails & water

6 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 33.7 mi
109th Street Northwest3.0 mi
36th Avenue Northwest2.5 mi
34th Avenue Northwest1.5 mi
32nd Avenue Northwest1.0 mi
33rd Avenue Northwest1.0 mi
31st Avenue Northwest0.7 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Wheaton 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)172134536675808070533521
Rain (in)0.50.50.71.12.43.72.52.01.71.20.70.7

February is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 3.7 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Wheaton Township →

Next door

Wheaton Township and its neighbors

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Eden Valley Township44 miAntler Township39 miWheaton Township34 miHoffman Township29 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Wheaton 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
Eden Valley Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Hoffman 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 Wheaton Township

Is there public land near Wheaton Township?

1,621 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Wheaton Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 319 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Wheaton 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 →