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Outdoors in North Cedar Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in North Cedar Township

2% of North Cedar Township’s land is conserved, about 295 acres. 8 acres are parks and preserves, 9.3 per 1,000 residents. 8.7 miles of mapped trail cross North Cedar Township, 0.4 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
2%
295 acres · of 21.6 sq mi of land
Trails
8.7 mi
0.4 per sq mi of land
Park land
8 ac
9.3 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
69%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
2
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Cedar Bluffs City Park

Park
8 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

295 conserved acres

2% of North Cedar Township’s land. Who manages North Cedar Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

USDA easements (NRCS)255 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits83 ac
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service2 ac
Agricultural Easement · 255 acOther Easement · 83 acConservation Easement · 2 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 295 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

Things to do

23 places to go in North Cedar Township

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Campgrounds in North Cedar Township
Armstrong McDonald
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Berek
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Boyer
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Butterfield
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Commie Row
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Doc R
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Four Eagles
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Getzschman Heckman
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11 more campgrounds
Gratton
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Haddix
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Hayes
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Mandan
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Miller
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O'Dell
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Rock
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Seline
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Staff Row
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Strom
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Three Feathers
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Trails & water

3 named trails and 2 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Unpaved · 7.6 mi
Covered Wagon Trail1.3 mi
NBZ Trail0.5 mi
Cedar Bluffs Trail0.4 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
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
4Basketball
1Football
1Soccer

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

When to get out

The best walking months in North Cedar Township: April 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)9.510.611.813.314.515.214.913.812.411.09.89.2
High (°F)323750627383868477654936
Rain (in)0.70.91.73.04.84.83.34.03.12.31.41.2

January is the driest month (0.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 4.8 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 86 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in North Cedar Township →

Next door

North Cedar Township and its neighbors

North Cedar Township has the second most mapped trails of the 4 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
North Cedar Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Platte Township4%0.651744%B+
Morse Bluff Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Pohocco Townshipunder 1%0.1under 110%D

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in North Cedar Township

Are dogs allowed on North Cedar Township’s trails?

Cedar Bluffs City Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near North Cedar Township?

2,736 acres of parks and open public land lie inside North Cedar Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 8 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from North Cedar 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 →