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Outdoors in Bates Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Bates Township

3% of Bates Township’s land is conserved, about 618 acres. 17 miles of mapped trail cross Bates Township, 0.5 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
3%
618 acres · of 35.7 sq mi of land
Trails
17 mi
0.5 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

618 conserved acres

3% of Bates Township’s land. Who manages Bates Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service441 ac
State land board135 ac
State fish & wildlife41 ac
Conservation Easement · 441 acState Resource Management Area · 135 acState Conservation Area · 41 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 441 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
State Lands
State Resource Management Area
State land board135Open
Bodi
State Conservation Area
State fish & wildlife41Restricted
When to get out

The best walking months in Bates 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)9.110.311.813.414.915.615.314.112.510.99.48.7
High (°F)222740556878838173584127
Rain (in)0.50.60.92.03.13.83.42.42.22.10.70.6

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 3.8 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Bates Township →

Next door

Bates Township and its neighbors

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

Garden Prairie Township18 miBates Township17 miConde Township7.9 miEast Hanson Township6.4 miScotland Township3.9 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Bates Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Scotland Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
East Hanson Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Garden Prairie Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Conde 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 Bates Township

Is there public land near Bates Township?

1,433 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Bates Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 136 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Bates 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 →