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Outdoors in Ipswich Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Ipswich Township

36% of Ipswich Township’s land is conserved, about 8,086 acres. 19 miles of mapped trail cross Ipswich Township, 0.5 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
36%
8,086 acres · of 35.1 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

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

8,086 conserved acres

36% of Ipswich Township’s land. Who manages Ipswich Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service8,908 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)54 ac
State land board23 ac
Conservation Easement · 8,962 acState Resource Management Area · 23 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 8,063 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 board23Open
When to get out

The best walking months in Ipswich 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)222740556878838173574027
Rain (in)0.50.60.91.83.23.43.12.42.01.70.60.6

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 3.4 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Ipswich Township →

Next door

Ipswich Township and its neighbors

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Fountain Township22 miHuntley Township19 miIpswich Township19 miCleveland Township17 miHarmony Township11 miRosette Township9.5 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Ipswich Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Huntley Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Fountain 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
Rosette 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

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Ipswich Township

Is there public land near Ipswich Township?

6,491 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Ipswich 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 Ipswich 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 →