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Nemo School HouseNemo School House · Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Outdoors in Grafton Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Grafton Township

21% of Grafton Township’s land is conserved, about 4,715 acres. 0.8 miles of mapped trail cross Grafton Township.

Conserved land
21%
4,715 acres · of 34.9 sq mi of land
Trails
0.8 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
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

4,715 conserved acres

21% of Grafton Township’s land. Who manages Grafton Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service4,736 ac
Conservation Easement · 4,695 acResource Management Area · 42 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 4,695 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Miner County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service42Restricted
Trails & water

1 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
West Fork Vermillion River
History along the way

1 place on the National Register

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

History →
Nemo School HouseBuilding · listed 1996
About it
When to get out

The walking year in Grafton 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)9.210.411.813.414.715.515.214.012.410.99.58.9
High (°F)253042576979848174594329
Rain (in)0.60.71.22.63.54.03.33.12.82.20.90.7

January is the driest month (0.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.0 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Grafton Township →

Next door

Grafton Township and its neighbors

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Mathews Township12 miCarthage Township11 miBelleview Township3.8 miGrafton Township0.8 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Grafton Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Mathews Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Carthage Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Belleview 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 Grafton Township

Is there public land near Grafton Township?

1,084 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Grafton 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 Grafton 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 →