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Outdoors in Dayton Township

More than half of Dayton Township’s land is conserved: 56%

56% of Dayton Township’s land is conserved, about 12,606 acres. 4.6 miles of mapped trail cross Dayton Township, 0.1 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
56%
12,606 acres · of 35.3 sq mi of land
Trails
4.6 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

12,606 conserved acres

56% of Dayton Township’s land. Who manages Dayton Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service20,523 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)487 ac
State land board314 ac
Conservation Easement · 21,010 acState Resource Management Area · 314 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 12,293 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
State Lands
State Resource Management Area
State land board314Open
Trails & water

1 named trail

Named trails
Unpaved · 2.9 mi
100th Street;102nd Street Southeast0.9 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Dayton 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)9.010.311.813.514.915.715.414.112.510.89.48.7
High (°F)202538546877828172573925
Rain (in)0.60.60.91.83.13.93.82.62.42.20.70.6

January is the driest month (0.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 3.9 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Dayton Township →

Next door

Dayton Township and its neighbors

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Southwest Township17 miPortage Township8.9 miDayton Township4.6 miNewark Township4.0 miStena Township2.3 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Dayton Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Newark Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Portage Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Stena 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 Dayton Township

Is there public land near Dayton Township?

1,279 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Dayton Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 286 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Dayton 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 →