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Outdoors in Lone Tree Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Lone Tree Township

4% of Lone Tree Township’s land is conserved, about 866 acres. 4.6 miles of mapped trail cross Lone Tree Township, 0.1 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
4%
866 acres · of 35.8 sq mi of land
Trails
4.6 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

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

866 conserved acres

4% of Lone Tree Township’s land. Who manages Lone Tree Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service942 ac
State fish & wildlife79 ac
Conservation Easement · 630 acResource Management Area · 311 acState Conservation Area · 79 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 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
Charles Mix County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service311Restricted
Dante Lake Wildlife Management Area
State Conservation Area
State fish & wildlife79Restricted
When to get out

September is the best month for walking in Lone Tree 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)9.310.511.813.314.615.315.113.912.410.99.69.0
High (°F)313648607182878477624734
Rain (in)0.60.81.43.03.83.73.13.22.72.20.90.7

January is the driest month (0.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 3.8 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Lone Tree Township →

Next door

Lone Tree Township and its neighbors

Lone Tree Township has the second most mapped trails of the 4 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Rouse Township11 miLone Tree Township4.6 miChoteau Creek Township3.3 miLawrence Township1.3 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Lone Tree Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Lawrence Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Rouse Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Choteau Creek 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 Lone Tree Township

Is there public land near Lone Tree Township?

889 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Lone Tree 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 Lone Tree 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 →