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Outdoors in Fairview Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Fairview Township

5% of Fairview Township’s land is conserved, about 1,168 acres. 17 miles of mapped trail cross Fairview Township, 0.5 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
5%
1,168 acres · of 36.9 sq mi of land
Trails
17 mi
0.5 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
2
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

1,168 conserved acres

5% of Fairview Township’s land. Who manages Fairview Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service1,673 ac
State fish & wildlife5 ac
Conservation Easement · 1,325 acResource Management Area · 348 acState Conservation Area · 5 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 985 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Hanson County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service348Restricted
Chip Allen
State Conservation Area
State fish & wildlife5Restricted
Trails & water

2 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Lake LeoRock Creek
When to get out

The walking year in Fairview 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)263244587080858375614430
Rain (in)0.50.81.22.73.63.93.13.02.82.10.90.7

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 3.9 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Fairview Township →

Next door

Fairview Township and its neighbors

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

Fairview Township17 miJasper Township11 miPlano Township6.2 miSpring Lake Township6.2 miBeaver Township2.2 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Fairview Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Jasper Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Plano Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Beaver Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Spring 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 Fairview Township

Is there public land near Fairview Township?

1,192 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Fairview 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 Fairview 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 →