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Outdoors in Hillside Township

More than half of Hillside Township’s land is conserved: 94%

94% of Hillside Township’s land is conserved, about 20,462 acres. 3.5 miles of mapped trail cross Hillside Township, 0.1 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
94%
20,462 acres · of 34.1 sq mi of land
Trails
3.5 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

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Who protects it

20,462 conserved acres

94% of Hillside Township’s land. Water is left out: Hillside Township has 34.1 square miles of land and 2.0 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Hillside Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service23,703 ac
Conservation Easement · 21,825 acResource Management Area · 1,878 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 19,523 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 Service1,878Restricted
When to get out

The best walking months in Hillside 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)9.110.311.813.414.915.615.314.112.510.99.48.7
High (°F)232840556878848273574127
Rain (in)0.40.60.91.83.13.53.02.31.91.80.60.5

January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 3.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Hillside Township →

Next door

Hillside Township and its neighbors

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Vermont Township12 miClark Township5.9 miMadison Township5.3 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
Hillside Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Vermont 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
Madison Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Clark 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 Hillside Township

Is there public land near Hillside Township?

5,552 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Hillside 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 Hillside 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 →