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Outdoors in Moore Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Moore Township

40% of Moore Township’s land is conserved, about 15,879 acres. 22 miles of mapped trail cross Moore Township, 0.3 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
40%
15,879 acres · of 62.1 sq mi of land
Trails
22 mi
0.3 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

15,879 conserved acres

40% of Moore Township’s land. Who manages Moore Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service20,199 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)838 ac
Conservation Easement · 17,742 acResource Management Area · 3,295 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 14,227 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 Service3,295Restricted
When to get out

September is the best month for walking in Moore 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)9.310.411.813.414.715.415.113.912.410.99.69.0
High (°F)303547597081878477624633
Rain (in)0.50.71.22.93.63.82.93.12.62.00.80.6

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 3.8 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Moore Township →

Next door

Moore Township and its neighbors

Moore Township has the second most mapped trails of the 7 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Goose Lake Township30 miMoore Township22 miRhoda Township13 miDarlington Township10 miHoward Township6.2 miChester Township4.6 miClark Township1.5 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Moore Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Rhoda Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Clark Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Darlington Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Goose Lake Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Chester Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Howard 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 Moore Township

Is there public land near Moore Township?

2,082 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Moore 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 Moore 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 →