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Outdoors in Belle Prairie Township

More than half of Belle Prairie Township’s land is conserved: 58%

58% of Belle Prairie Township’s land is conserved, about 13,219 acres. 10 miles of mapped trail cross Belle Prairie Township, 0.3 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
58%
13,219 acres · of 35.8 sq mi of land
Trails
10 mi
0.3 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

13,219 conserved acres

58% 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.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service15,546 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)109 ac
Conservation Easement · 15,554 acResource Management Area · 100 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 13,169 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Beadle County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service100Restricted
When to get out

September 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)9.210.411.813.414.815.515.214.012.410.99.58.9
High (°F)253143587080858375604430
Rain (in)0.50.71.12.53.33.93.13.02.52.10.90.6

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 3.9 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Belle Prairie Township →

Next door

Belle Prairie Township and its neighbors

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

Belle Prairie Township10 miAfton Township3.9 miPearl Creek Township2.1 miLogan Township1.5 mi
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
Afton Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Pearl Creek Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Logan 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?

1,166 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 →