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Brown HallBrown Hall · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Outdoors in Oneota Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Oneota Township

32% of Oneota Township’s land is conserved, about 7,415 acres. 22 miles of mapped trail cross Oneota Township, 0.6 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
32%
7,415 acres · of 36.0 sq mi of land
Trails
22 mi
0.6 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

7,415 conserved acres

32% of Oneota Township’s land. Who manages Oneota Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service8,522 ac
State fish & wildlife358 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)179 ac
State land board24 ac
Conservation Easement · 8,701 acState Conservation Area · 358 acState Resource Management Area · 24 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 7,033 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Willow Dam
State Conservation Area
State fish & wildlife358Restricted
State Lands
State Resource Management Area
State land board24Open
Trails & water

1 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Elm River
History along the way

1 place on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Brown HallBuilding · listed 1990
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Oneota 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)9.010.311.813.514.915.715.414.112.510.89.48.7
High (°F)212639556878838173574026
Rain (in)0.50.60.91.83.23.73.32.52.21.90.70.6

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 3.7 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Oneota Township →

Next door

Oneota Township and its neighbors

Oneota Township has the most mapped trails of the 5 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Oneota Township22 miWestport Township11 miBrainard Township10 miFrederick Township9.3 miFranklyn Township8.7 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Oneota Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Frederick Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Westport Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Franklyn Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Brainard 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 Oneota Township

Is there public land near Oneota Township?

4,357 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Oneota 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 Oneota 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 →