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Outdoors in Wright Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Wright Township

22% of Wright Township’s land is conserved, about 5,078 acres. 22 miles of mapped trail cross Wright Township, 0.6 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
22%
5,078 acres · of 35.3 sq mi of land
Trails
22 mi
0.6 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
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

5,078 conserved acres

22% of Wright Township’s land. Who manages Wright Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service4,603 ac
State land board475 ac
Conservation Easement · 4,603 acState Resource Management Area · 475 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 4,603 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 board475Open
Trails & water

8 named trails and 1 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Unpaved · 21.9 mi
82nd Street Southeast4.1 mi
98th Avenue Southeast3.1 mi
79th Street Southeast3.0 mi
81st Street Southeast2.5 mi
102nd Avenue Southeast1.1 mi
96th Avenue Southeast1.1 mi
101st Avenue Southeast1.0 mi
100th Avenue Southeast0.9 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
James River
When to get out

September is the best month for walking in Wright Township

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)9.010.311.813.515.015.815.414.112.510.89.38.6
High (°F)202538546877828071563925
Rain (in)0.60.61.01.73.23.93.62.62.42.00.70.7

January is the driest month (0.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 3.9 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Wright Township →

Next door

Wright Township and its neighbors

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Yorktown Township27 miPorter Township26 miWright Township22 miRyan Township19 miClement Township15 miJames River Valley Township11 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Wright Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Clement Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
James River Valley Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Porter Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Yorktown Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Ryan 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 Wright Township

Is there public land near Wright Township?

812 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Wright Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 476 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Wright 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 →