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Outdoors in Glover Township

More than half of Glover Township’s land is conserved: 60%

60% of Glover Township’s land is conserved, about 13,244 acres. 3.6 miles of mapped trail cross Glover Township, 0.1 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
60%
13,244 acres · of 34.2 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

13,244 conserved acres

60% of Glover Township’s land. Water is left out: Glover Township has 34.2 square miles of land and 1.8 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Glover Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service13,780 ac
State land board411 ac
Conservation Easement · 13,780 acState Resource Management Area · 411 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 12,833 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 board411Open
When to get out

The best walking months in Glover 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)9.110.311.813.514.915.615.314.112.510.89.48.7
High (°F)222740556877838273574027
Rain (in)0.50.60.91.83.23.53.02.32.01.80.60.5

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 Glover Township →

Next door

Glover Township and its neighbors

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Montpelier Township17 miGlen Township8.5 miCloyd Valley Township7.7 miGlover Township3.6 miHillside Township3.5 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Glover Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Cloyd Valley Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Hillside Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Montpelier Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Glen 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 Glover Township

Is there public land near Glover Township?

5,775 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Glover Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 388 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Glover 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 →