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Outdoors in Huntley Township

More than half of Huntley Township’s land is conserved: 63%

63% of Huntley Township’s land is conserved, about 14,389 acres. 19 miles of mapped trail cross Huntley Township, 0.5 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
63%
14,389 acres · of 35.7 sq mi of land
Trails
19 mi
0.5 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

14,389 conserved acres

63% of Huntley Township’s land. Who manages Huntley Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service17,229 ac
State land board759 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)24 ac
Conservation Easement · 17,253 acState Resource Management Area · 759 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 13,630 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 board759Open
When to get out

The best walking months in Huntley 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)9.110.311.813.514.915.715.314.112.510.89.48.7
High (°F)222739556777838173574027
Rain (in)0.50.60.91.83.23.53.12.42.01.70.60.6

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 Huntley Township →

Next door

Huntley Township and its neighbors

Huntley Township has the most mapped trails of the 5 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Huntley Township19 miIpswich Township19 miCleveland Township17 miAdrian Township10 miBryant Township6.4 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Huntley Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Cleveland Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Ipswich Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Bryant Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Adrian 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 Huntley Township

Is there public land near Huntley Township?

9,396 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Huntley Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 764 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Huntley 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 →