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Outdoors in Badus Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Badus Township

10% of Badus Township’s land is conserved, about 2,273 acres. 10 miles of mapped trail cross Badus Township, 0.3 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
10%
2,273 acres · of 35.1 sq mi of land
Trails
10 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
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

2,273 conserved acres

10% of Badus Township’s land. Who manages Badus Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service2,615 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)498 ac
State fish & wildlife56 ac
Conservation Easement · 2,455 acResource Management Area · 658 acState Conservation Area · 56 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 1,887 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Lake County Waterfowl Production Area Of Sd
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service658Restricted
Dooley
State Conservation Area
State fish & wildlife56Restricted
Trails & water

1 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Lake Badusreservoir
History along the way

2 places on the National Register

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

History →
St. Ann's Catholic Church of BadusBuilding · listed 1979
About it
Lake Badus Rural Agricultural Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 2003
About it
When to get out

The walking year in Badus 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)9.210.411.813.414.715.515.214.012.410.99.58.9
High (°F)242941566878828073584228
Rain (in)0.60.81.32.63.64.13.53.22.92.11.00.8

January is the driest month (0.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 4.1 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Badus Township →

Next door

Badus Township and its neighbors

Badus Township has the most mapped trails of the 4 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Badus Township10 miSpring Lake Township7.7 miNunda Township2.9 miFarmington Township2.1 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Badus Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Nunda Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Farmington Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Spring 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 Badus Township

Is there public land near Badus Township?

270 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Badus 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 Badus 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 →