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Outdoors in O'Neil Township

More than half of O'Neil Township’s land is conserved: 95%

95% of O'Neil Township’s land is conserved, about 21,137 acres. 6.8 miles of mapped trail cross O'Neil Township, 0.2 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
95%
21,137 acres · of 34.7 sq mi of land
Trails
6.8 mi
0.2 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

21,137 conserved acres

95% of O'Neil Township’s land. Who manages O'Neil Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service33,807 ac
State land board165 ac
Conservation Easement · 33,807 acState Resource Management Area · 165 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 20,972 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 board165Open
When to get out

The best walking months in O'Neil 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)9.110.311.813.414.815.615.314.112.510.99.58.8
High (°F)232841566878848273584128
Rain (in)0.50.60.91.93.23.52.92.42.01.80.60.5

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 3.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in O'Neil Township →

Next door

O'Neil Township and its neighbors

O'Neil Township has the second most mapped trails of the 3 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Saratoga Township7.4 miO'Neil Township6.8 miClark Township5.9 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
O'Neil Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Saratoga 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

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

Questions about parks and trails in O'Neil Township

Is there public land near O'Neil Township?

10,102 acres of parks and open public land lie inside O'Neil Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 162 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from O'Neil 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 →