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Outdoors in Portage Township

More than half of Portage Township’s land is conserved: 56%

56% of Portage Township’s land is conserved, about 12,779 acres. 8.9 miles of mapped trail cross Portage Township, 0.2 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
56%
12,779 acres · of 35.7 sq mi of land
Trails
8.9 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

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Who protects it

12,779 conserved acres

56% of Portage Township’s land. Who manages Portage Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service19,564 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)1,056 ac
Conservation Easement · 19,235 acResource Management Area · 1,384 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 12,086 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Brown County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service693Restricted
Brown County Waterfowl Production Area Of Sd
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service691Restricted
Trails & water

1 named trail

Named trails
Unpaved · 1.9 mi
100th Street;102nd Street Southeast0.4 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Portage 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)202539556878828172573926
Rain (in)0.60.60.91.83.23.93.72.62.42.10.70.6

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 Portage Township →

Next door

Portage Township and its neighbors

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Southwest Township17 miLovell Township15 miPortage Township8.9 miNorth Detroit Township6.7 miDayton Township4.6 miHecla Township1.5 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Portage Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Hecla Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
North Detroit Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Dayton 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 Portage Township

Is there public land near Portage Township?

1,177 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Portage 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 Portage Township neighbors.

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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 →