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Outdoors in Young Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Young Township

23% of Young Township’s land is conserved, about 5,109 acres. 15 miles of mapped trail cross Young Township, 0.4 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
23%
5,109 acres · of 34.4 sq mi of land
Trails
15 mi
0.4 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

5,109 conserved acres

23% of Young Township’s land. Who manages Young Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service8,187 ac
Conservation Easement · 7,843 acResource Management Area · 345 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 4,937 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 Service345Restricted
Trails & water

9 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 14.9 mi
78th Street Southeast2.1 mi
78th Avenue Southeast1.7 mi
79th Street Southeast1.1 mi
75th Avenue Southeast0.7 mi
83rd Street Southeast0.7 mi
84th Street Southeast0.6 mi
74th Avenue Southeast0.6 mi
81st Street Southeast0.5 mi
72nd Avenue Southeast0.3 mi
When to get out

September is the best month for walking in Young 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)202437526575807970543724
Rain (in)0.50.61.01.73.23.73.52.62.41.90.70.6

January 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 Young Township →

Next door

Young Township and its neighbors

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Pomona View Township34 miPotsdam Township25 miYoung Township15 miNorthwest Township14 miWhitestone Township9.3 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Young Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Potsdam Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Whitestone Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Northwest Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Pomona View 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 Young Township

Is there public land near Young Township?

2,279 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Young 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 Young 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 →