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Outdoors in Odessa Township

More than half of Odessa Township’s land is conserved: 65%

65% of Odessa Township’s land is conserved, about 14,517 acres. 13 miles of mapped trail cross Odessa Township, 0.4 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
65%
14,517 acres · of 35.0 sq mi of land
Trails
13 mi
0.4 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

14,517 conserved acres

65% of Odessa Township’s land. Who manages Odessa Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service19,595 ac
State land board355 ac
Conservation Easement · 19,118 acResource Management Area · 476 acState Resource Management Area · 355 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 13,923 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 Service476Restricted
State Lands
State Resource Management Area
State land board355Open
When to get out

The best walking months in Odessa 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)0.50.60.91.73.23.53.02.31.91.80.60.5

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 Odessa Township →

Next door

Odessa Township and its neighbors

Odessa Township has the second most mapped trails of the 4 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Odessa Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Cloyd Valley Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Bowdle Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Hudson 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 Odessa Township

Is there public land near Odessa Township?

8,105 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Odessa Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 331 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Odessa 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 →