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Ypsilanti, North Dakota 6-8-2008Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Outdoors in Ypsilanti Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Ypsilanti Township

22% of Ypsilanti Township’s land is conserved, about 5,151 acres. 36 miles of mapped trail cross Ypsilanti Township, 1.0 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
22%
5,151 acres · of 36.0 sq mi of land
Trails
36 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

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

5,151 conserved acres

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

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service4,993 ac
State land board160 ac
Conservation Easement · 4,993 acState Resource Management Area · 160 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 4,992 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 board160Open
Trails & water

8 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 35.3 mi
95th Avenue Southeast3.1 mi
96th Avenue Southeast3.1 mi
47th Street Southeast2.9 mi
48th Street Southeast1.7 mi
46th Street Southeast1.0 mi
93rd Avenue Southeast1.0 mi
43rd Street Southeast0.9 mi
90th Avenue Southeast0.5 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Ypsilanti Township: August and 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)8.910.211.813.515.015.815.514.212.510.89.38.6
High (°F)202437546776818071553825
Rain (in)0.50.50.81.33.23.53.52.52.21.80.60.6

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 3.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Ypsilanti Township →

Next door

Ypsilanti Township and its neighbors

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

Ypsilanti Township36 miCorwin Township35 miWinfield Township25 miManns Township24 miMeadow Lake Township20 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Ypsilanti Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Corwin Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Winfield Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Manns Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Meadow Lake 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 Ypsilanti Township

Is there public land near Ypsilanti Township?

1,176 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Ypsilanti Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 162 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Ypsilanti 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 →