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Outdoors in Goodwill Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Goodwill Township

8% of Goodwill Township’s land is conserved, about 1,765 acres. 2.5 miles of mapped trail cross Goodwill Township, 0.1 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
8%
1,765 acres · of 36.2 sq mi of land
Trails
2.5 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

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

1,765 conserved acres

8% of Goodwill Township’s land. Who manages Goodwill Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service1,826 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)205 ac
Conservation Easement · 1,969 acResource Management Area · 62 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 1,734 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Roberts County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service62Restricted
Things to do

5 places to go in Goodwill Township

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

Playgrounds in Goodwill Township

5 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

Biking & sports

0.0 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Courts & fields
4Basketball
1Football
1Baseball
1Equestrian

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

When to get out

The best walking months in Goodwill 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)9.110.311.813.514.915.715.414.112.510.89.48.7
High (°F)202538546877828072563926
Rain (in)0.70.81.22.33.13.93.72.52.52.40.90.8

January is the driest month (0.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 3.9 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Goodwill Township →

Next door

Goodwill Township and its neighbors

Goodwill Township has the second most mapped trails of the 4 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Goodwill Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Easter Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Agency Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Dry Wood 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 Goodwill Township

Is there public land near Goodwill Township?

1,452 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Goodwill 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 Goodwill 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 →