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Outdoors in Iowa Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Iowa Township

13% of Iowa Township’s land is conserved, about 3,007 acres. 1.9 miles of mapped trail cross Iowa Township, 0.1 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
13%
3,007 acres · of 36.0 sq mi of land
Trails
1.9 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

3,007 conserved acres

13% of Iowa Township’s land. Who manages Iowa Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service4,424 ac
Conservation Easement · 4,413 acResource Management Area · 11 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 3,002 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Beadle County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service11Restricted
When to get out

September is the best month for walking in Iowa 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)9.210.411.813.414.815.515.214.012.410.99.58.8
High (°F)253043587080858375604329
Rain (in)0.50.71.12.43.13.83.02.72.32.10.80.6

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 3.8 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Iowa Township →

Next door

Iowa Township and its neighbors

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Valley Township3.7 miLiberty Township3.0 miFairfield Township2.2 miIowa Township1.9 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Iowa Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Fairfield Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Liberty Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Valley 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 Iowa Township

Is there public land near Iowa Township?

1,148 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Iowa 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 Iowa 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 →