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Outdoors in Kidder Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Kidder Township

46% of Kidder Township’s land is conserved, about 10,270 acres. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Kidder Township.

Conserved land
46%
10,270 acres · of 34.9 sq mi of land
Trails
0.3 mi
0.0 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

10,270 conserved acres

46% of Kidder Township’s land. Who manages Kidder Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service9,985 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)1,263 ac
State fish & wildlife166 ac
Conservation Easement · 10,328 acResource Management Area · 920 acState Conservation Area · 166 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 9,642 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Day County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service920Restricted
Holmquist
State Conservation Area
State fish & wildlife166Restricted
When to get out

The best walking months in Kidder 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)9.110.311.813.514.915.615.314.112.510.89.48.7
High (°F)202538536676817971563925
Rain (in)0.60.71.02.13.14.03.82.62.42.30.70.7

January is the driest month (0.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 4.0 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Kidder Township →

Next door

Kidder Township and its neighbors

Kidder Township has the most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Kidder Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Lynn 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 Kidder Township

Is there public land near Kidder Township?

274 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Kidder 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 Kidder 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 →