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Outdoors in Glen Township

More than half of Glen Township’s land is conserved: 78%

78% of Glen Township’s land is conserved, about 16,906 acres. 8.5 miles of mapped trail cross Glen Township, 0.2 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
78%
16,906 acres · of 34.0 sq mi of land
Trails
8.5 mi
0.2 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

16,906 conserved acres

78% of Glen Township’s land. Who manages Glen Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service18,438 ac
Conservation Easement · 18,135 acResource Management Area · 303 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 16,754 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Edmunds County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service303Restricted
When to get out

The best walking months in Glen 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)9.110.311.813.514.915.715.314.112.510.89.48.7
High (°F)222740556777838173574027
Rain (in)0.50.60.91.73.23.53.12.32.01.80.60.5

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 3.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Glen Township →

Next door

Glen Township and its neighbors

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Cottonwood Lake Township14 miSangamon Township14 miGlen Township8.5 miBryant Township6.4 miGlover Township3.6 miNorth Bryant Township2.6 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Glen Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Sangamon Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Bryant Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Glover Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
North Bryant Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Cottonwood 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 Glen Township

Is there public land near Glen Township?

9,372 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Glen 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 Glen 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 →