–Not graded

Outdoors in Oak Gulch Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Oak Gulch Township

41% of Oak Gulch Township’s land is conserved, about 9,186 acres. 2.8 miles of mapped trail cross Oak Gulch Township, 0.1 per square mile of land.

Conserved land

41%

9,186 acres · of 34.6 sq mi of land

Trails

2.8 mi

0.1 per sq mi of land

Near a park

under 1%

of residents within ½ mile

Lakes & rivers

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

9,186 conserved acres

41% of Oak Gulch Township’s land. Who manages Oak Gulch Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service11,399 ac

State land board435 ac

USDA easements (NRCS)234 ac

State fish & wildlife7 ac

Conservation Easement · 11,633 acState Resource Management Area · 435 acState Conservation Area · 7 ac

Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 8,744 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels

Parcel (PAD-US)	Managed by	Acres	Public access
State Lands State Resource Management Area	State land board	435	Open
Bodi State Conservation Area	State fish & wildlife	7	Restricted

Trails & water

1 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions

Sweetwater Lakelake

When to get out

The best walking months in Oak Gulch 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Daylight (h)	9.1	10.3	11.8	13.4	14.8	15.6	15.3	14.1	12.5	10.9	9.4	8.8
High (°F)	21	26	39	54	67	77	82	80	72	56	40	26
Rain (in)	0.6	0.6	1.0	2.1	3.2	3.9	3.5	2.5	2.4	2.2	0.7	0.7

January is the driest month (0.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 3.9 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Oak Gulch Township →

Next door

Oak Gulch Township and its neighbors

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Conde Township7.9 mi Troy Township4.7 mi Scotland Township3.9 mi Oak Gulch Township2.8 mi Warren Township1.3 mi

Town	Conserved of land	Trail mi per sq mi	Park acres per 1,000	Near a park ½ mile	Outdoors
Oak Gulch Township	— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Troy Township	— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Scotland Township	— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Warren Township	— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Conde 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 Oak Gulch Township

Is there public land near Oak Gulch Township?

2,267 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Oak Gulch Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 414 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Oak Gulch 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 →

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