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Outdoors in Beck-Highland Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Beck-Highland Township

2% of Beck-Highland Township’s land is conserved, about 780 acres. 1.0 miles of mapped trail cross Beck-Highland Township.

Conserved land
2%
780 acres · of 71.8 sq mi of land
Trails
1.0 mi
0.0 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

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Who protects it

780 conserved acres

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

State land board780 ac
State Resource Management Area · 780 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
State Lands
State Resource Management Area
State land board482Open
Sd Public Land
State Resource Management Area
State land board297Open
Trails & water

1 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Beck Lakereservoir
History along the way

1 place on the National Register

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

History →
Richards CabinsBuilding · listed 2003
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Beck-Highland 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)9.110.311.813.414.815.615.314.112.510.99.48.8
High (°F)303345576778868676594433
Rain (in)0.40.60.81.63.43.12.51.61.21.40.50.4

January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 3.4 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 86 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Beck-Highland Township →

Next door

Beck-Highland Township and its neighbors

Beck-Highland Township has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Duell Township3.9 miBeck-Highland Township1.0 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Beck-Highland Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Duell 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 Beck-Highland Township

Is there public land near Beck-Highland Township?

25,466 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Beck-Highland Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 785 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Beck-Highland 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 →