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Outdoors in Great Bend Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Great Bend Township

4% of Great Bend Township’s land is conserved, about 853 acres. 8.1 miles of mapped trail cross Great Bend Township, 0.2 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
4%
853 acres · of 36.0 sq mi of land
Trails
8.1 mi
0.2 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

853 conserved acres

4% of Great Bend Township’s land. Who manages Great Bend Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service461 ac
State land board237 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)155 ac
Conservation Easement · 617 acState Resource Management Area · 237 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 617 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 board237Open
Trails & water

1 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
James River
When to get out

The best walking months in Great Bend 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)9.110.311.813.414.815.615.314.112.510.99.58.8
High (°F)232841576979858274594228
Rain (in)0.50.60.92.03.23.73.32.32.22.00.60.6

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 3.7 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Great Bend Township →

Next door

Great Bend Township and its neighbors

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Harmony Township31 miClifton Township20 miLodi Township18 miJefferson Township10 miGreat Bend Township8.1 miThree Rivers Township1.9 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Great Bend Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Harmony Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Lodi Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Three Rivers Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Jefferson Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Clifton 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 Great Bend Township

Is there public land near Great Bend Township?

2,232 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Great Bend Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 239 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Great Bend 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 →