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Outdoors in Dixon Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Dixon Township

38 miles of mapped trail cross Dixon Township, 0.6 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
1%
302 acres · of 64.6 sq mi of land
Trails
38 mi
0.6 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

302 conserved acres

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

State fish & wildlife302 ac
State Conservation Area · 302 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Dixon Dam
State Conservation Area
State fish & wildlife302Restricted
Things to do

1 places to go in Dixon Township

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Peaks in Dixon Township
Buffalo Buttes
Directions
History along the way

1 place on the National Register

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

History →
Pocahontas SchoolhouseBuilding · listed 1973
About it
When to get out

September is the best month for walking in Dixon 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)9.310.411.813.414.715.415.114.012.410.99.69.0
High (°F)323748597081888677624735
Rain (in)0.40.61.12.73.63.82.72.82.21.80.70.5

January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 3.8 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Dixon Township →

Next door

Dixon Township and its neighbors

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

Iona Township89 miDixon Township38 miEdens Township21 miLanding Creek Township16 miBull Creek Township1.6 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Dixon Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Landing Creek Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Iona Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Edens Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Bull Creek 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 Dixon Township

Is there public land near Dixon Township?

4,157 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Dixon 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 Dixon 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 →