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Outdoors in Cooper Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Cooper Township

30% of Cooper Township’s land is conserved, about 6,548 acres. 3.6 miles of mapped trail cross Cooper Township, 0.1 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
30%
6,548 acres · of 33.9 sq mi of land
Trails
3.6 mi
0.1 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

6,548 conserved acres

30% of Cooper Township’s land. Who manages Cooper Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service10,022 ac
State land board649 ac
Conservation Easement · 9,065 acResource Management Area · 957 acState Resource Management Area · 649 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 5,420 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Aurora County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service957Restricted
State Lands
State Resource Management Area
State land board649Open
When to get out

The walking year in Cooper 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)283345587080868476614532
Rain (in)0.60.81.12.83.53.72.92.72.61.90.80.7

January is the driest month (0.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 3.7 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 86 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Cooper Township →

Next door

Cooper Township and its neighbors

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

Pleasant Valley Township4.0 miCooper Township3.6 miLake Township2.1 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Cooper Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Pleasant Valley Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Lake 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 Cooper Township

Is there public land near Cooper Township?

2,502 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Cooper Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 623 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Cooper 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 →