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Outdoors in Yorktown Township

More than half of Yorktown Township’s land is conserved: 61%

61% of Yorktown Township’s land is conserved, about 13,987 acres. 27 miles of mapped trail cross Yorktown Township, 0.7 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
61%
13,987 acres · of 35.8 sq mi of land
Trails
27 mi
0.7 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

13,987 conserved acres

61% of Yorktown Township’s land. Who manages Yorktown Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service14,870 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)235 ac
Conservation Easement · 14,322 acResource Management Area · 783 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 13,595 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Dickey County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service783Restricted
Trails & water

9 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 26.5 mi
98th Avenue Southeast4.0 mi
101st Avenue Southeast3.6 mi
85th Street Southeast3.4 mi
86th Street Southeast3.0 mi
87th Street Southeast1.7 mi
89th Street Southeast1.0 mi
90th Street Southeast0.8 mi
102nd Avenue Southeast0.6 mi
96th Avenue Southeast0.6 mi
When to get out

September is the best month for walking in Yorktown 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)9.010.311.813.514.915.715.414.112.510.89.48.6
High (°F)202538546777828072563925
Rain (in)0.50.61.01.83.34.03.72.72.42.10.70.7

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 4.0 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Yorktown Township →

Next door

Yorktown Township and its neighbors

Yorktown Township has the most mapped trails of the 5 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Yorktown Township27 miMaple Township23 miWright Township22 miClement Township15 miKent Township13 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Yorktown Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Kent 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
Wright Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Maple 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 Yorktown Township

Is there public land near Yorktown Township?

970 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Yorktown 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 Yorktown 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 →