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Strang School District No. 36Strang School District No. 36 · Photo: Ammodramus · Public domain
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Outdoors in Belle Prairie Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Belle Prairie Township

1% of Belle Prairie Township’s land is conserved, about 266 acres. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Belle Prairie Township.

Conserved land
1%
266 acres · of 35.9 sq mi of land
Trails
0.3 mi
0.0 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

266 conserved acres

1% of Belle Prairie Township’s land. Who manages Belle Prairie Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Regional agency239 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)23 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits4 ac
State Other or Unknown · 239 acConservation Easement · 23 acUnknown · 4 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 23 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 2 of 3 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Bruning Dam
State Other or Unknown
Regional agency239Unknown
Pheasants Forever Unknown
Unknown
Land trusts & nonprofits4Unknown
Biking & sports

0.0 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Courts & fields
1Baseball
1Multi-sport

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

2 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Strang School District No. 36Building · listed 1992
About it
When to get out

April is the best month for walking in Belle Prairie 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)9.610.611.813.214.415.014.813.812.411.09.99.3
High (°F)364153647484888579665139
Rain (in)0.70.81.52.64.84.13.93.42.62.21.31.0

January is the driest month (0.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 4.8 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Belle Prairie Township →

Next door

Belle Prairie Township and its neighbors

Belle Prairie Township has the most mapped trails of the 3 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Belle Prairie Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Hamilton Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Chelsea 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 Belle Prairie Township

Is there public land near Belle Prairie Township?

874 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Belle Prairie 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 Belle Prairie 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 →