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Outdoors in Oak Lake Township

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

4% of Oak Lake Township’s land is conserved, about 1,017 acres. 1.9 miles of mapped trail cross Oak Lake Township, 0.1 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
4%
1,017 acres · of 35.8 sq mi of land
Trails
1.9 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
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

1,017 conserved acres

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

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service1,098 ac
State fish & wildlife2 ac
Conservation Easement · 932 acResource Management Area · 165 acState Conservation Area · 2 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 932 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Brookings County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service165Restricted
Oak Lake Wildlife Management Area
State Conservation Area
State fish & wildlife2Restricted
Trails & water

1 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Oak Lakelake
When to get out

The walking year in Oak Lake 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)9.210.411.813.414.815.515.214.012.410.99.58.8
High (°F)222638546676817871574027
Rain (in)0.60.71.42.63.64.23.73.43.02.21.10.8

January is the driest month (0.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 4.2 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Oak Lake Township →

Next door

Oak Lake Township and its neighbors

Oak Lake Township has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Lake Hendricks Township2.2 miOak Lake Township1.9 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Oak Lake Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Lake Hendricks 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 Lake Township

Is there public land near Oak Lake Township?

195 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Oak Lake 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 Oak Lake 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 →