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Augustana Swedish Lutheran ChurchAugustana Swedish Lutheran Church · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Outdoors in Claremont Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Claremont Township

10% of Claremont Township’s land is conserved, about 3,610 acres. 16 miles of mapped trail cross Claremont Township, 0.3 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
10%
3,610 acres · of 54.0 sq mi of land
Trails
16 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

3,610 conserved acres

10% of Claremont Township’s land. Who manages Claremont Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

USDA easements (NRCS)2,165 ac
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service1,463 ac
State fish & wildlife529 ac
Conservation Easement · 3,628 acState Conservation Area · 529 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 3,081 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Putney Slough
State Conservation Area
State fish & wildlife445Restricted
Putney #3
State Conservation Area
State fish & wildlife83Restricted
History along the way

1 place on the National Register

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

History →
Augustana Swedish Lutheran ChurchBuilding · listed 1988
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Claremont 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)9.110.311.813.514.915.715.414.112.510.89.48.7
High (°F)212639556878838173574026
Rain (in)0.50.60.91.93.13.83.62.52.32.10.70.6

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 Claremont Township →

Next door

Claremont Township and its neighbors

Claremont Township has the most mapped trails of the 3 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Claremont Township16 miColumbia Township4.2 miWeston Township1.7 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Claremont Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Columbia Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Weston 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 Claremont Township

Is there public land near Claremont Township?

212 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Claremont 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 Claremont 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 →