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Outdoors in Rockdale Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Rockdale Township

34% of Rockdale Township’s land is conserved, about 7,930 acres. 0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Rockdale Township.

Conserved land
34%
7,930 acres · of 36.0 sq mi of land
Trails
0.4 mi
0.0 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

7,930 conserved acres

34% of Rockdale Township’s land. Who manages Rockdale Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service9,925 ac
State land board1,427 ac
Conservation Easement · 9,051 acState Resource Management Area · 1,427 acResource Management Area · 874 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 6,065 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
State Lands
State Resource Management Area
State land board1,427Open
Hand County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service874Restricted
When to get out

The best walking months in Rockdale 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)9.210.411.813.414.815.515.214.012.410.99.58.9
High (°F)253043566878858274594230
Rain (in)0.50.71.02.43.64.03.12.52.21.90.70.6

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 4.0 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Rockdale Township →

Next door

Rockdale Township and its neighbors

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

Glendale Township1.6 miRockdale Township0.4 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Rockdale Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Glendale 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 Rockdale Township

Is there public land near Rockdale Township?

4,789 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Rockdale Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1,400 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Rockdale 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 →