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Outdoors in Prospect Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Prospect Township

1% of Prospect Township’s land is conserved, about 648 acres. 3.6 miles of mapped trail cross Prospect Township.

Conserved land
1%
648 acres · of 85.7 sq mi of land
Trails
3.6 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
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

648 conserved acres

1% of Prospect Township’s land. Who manages Prospect Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State land board648 ac
State Resource Management Area · 648 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Sd Public Land
State Resource Management Area
State land board626Open
State Lands
State Resource Management Area
State land board22Open
When to get out

September is the best month for walking in Prospect 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)9.310.411.813.414.715.415.114.012.410.99.68.9
High (°F)343849596980888778624736
Rain (in)0.50.61.12.33.43.32.52.21.51.70.60.5

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 3.4 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Prospect Township →

Next door

Prospect Township and its neighbors

Prospect Township has the most mapped trails of the 3 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Prospect Township3.6 miRunning Bird Township3.3 miRed Fish Township2.5 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Prospect Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Red Fish Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Running Bird 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 Prospect Township

Is there public land near Prospect Township?

7,621 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Prospect Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 654 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Prospect 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 →