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St. Paul Lutheran Church and CemeterySt. Paul Lutheran Church and Cemetery · Photo: AmericanAssociationKnowItAll · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Outdoors in Brule Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Brule Township

0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Brule Township.

Conserved land
1%
151 acres · of 36.3 sq mi of land
Trails
0.1 mi
0.0 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

151 conserved acres

1% of Brule Township’s land. Who manages Brule Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service124 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)88 ac
Resource Management Area · 124 acConservation Easement · 88 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 88 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Union County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service124Restricted
History along the way

2 places on the National Register

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

History →
Junction City Rest Stop TipiObject · listed 2015
About it
St. Paul Lutheran Church and CemeteryBuilding · listed 2018
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Brule Township: April 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)9.410.511.813.314.615.315.013.912.411.09.79.0
High (°F)293447607181858376624632
Rain (in)0.60.81.63.04.04.53.33.33.02.41.30.9

January is the driest month (0.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 4.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Brule Township →

Next door

Brule Township and its neighbors

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Elk Point Township5.6 miFairview Township5.0 miSpink Township1.9 miBrule Township0.1 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Brule Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Spink Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Elk Point Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Fairview 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 Brule Township

Is there public land near Brule Township?

4,912 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Brule 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 Brule 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 →