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Outdoors in Montpelier Township

More than half of Montpelier Township’s land is conserved: 77%

77% of Montpelier Township’s land is conserved, about 17,243 acres. 17 miles of mapped trail cross Montpelier Township, 0.5 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
77%
17,243 acres · of 34.8 sq mi of land
Trails
17 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

17,243 conserved acres

77% of Montpelier Township’s land. Who manages Montpelier Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service21,544 ac
State fish & wildlife196 ac
State land board104 ac
Conservation Easement · 20,747 acResource Management Area · 798 acState Conservation Area · 196 acState Resource Management Area · 104 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 16,543 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Edmunds County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service798Restricted
Losee
State Conservation Area
State fish & wildlife196Restricted
State Lands
State Resource Management Area
State land board104Open
When to get out

The best walking months in Montpelier 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)222740556777838173574027
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 Montpelier Township →

Next door

Montpelier Township and its neighbors

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

Montpelier Township17 miCleveland Township17 miVermont Township12 miBryant Township6.4 miGlover Township3.6 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Montpelier 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
Vermont Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Glover 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

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

Questions about parks and trails in Montpelier Township

Is there public land near Montpelier Township?

8,608 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Montpelier Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 67 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Montpelier Township neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →