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Outdoors in Brookfield Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Brookfield Township

7% of Brookfield Township’s land is conserved, about 1,584 acres. 9.2 miles of mapped trail cross Brookfield Township, 0.3 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
7%
1,584 acres · of 36.4 sq mi of land
Trails
9.2 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

1,584 conserved acres

7% of Brookfield Township’s land. Who manages Brookfield Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service1,704 ac
Conservation Easement · 1,467 acResource Management Area · 237 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 1,466 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Mccook County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service237Restricted
Trails & water

1 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Little Vermillion River
When to get out

The walking year in Brookfield 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)9.310.411.813.414.715.415.114.012.410.99.68.9
High (°F)253143576979848174594329
Rain (in)0.50.81.32.73.74.13.23.33.02.21.00.7

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.1 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Brookfield Township →

Next door

Brookfield Township and its neighbors

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

Brookfield Township9.2 miClarno Township8.1 miSun Prairie Township7.5 miRamsey Township6.5 miRichland Township1.3 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Brookfield Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Sun Prairie Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Richland Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Ramsey Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Clarno 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 Brookfield Township

Is there public land near Brookfield Township?

1,495 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Brookfield 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 Brookfield 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 →