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Outdoors in Sangamon Township

More than half of Sangamon Township’s land is conserved: 82%

82% of Sangamon Township’s land is conserved, about 18,428 acres. 14 miles of mapped trail cross Sangamon Township, 0.4 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
82%
18,428 acres · of 35.2 sq mi of land
Trails
14 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

18,428 conserved acres

82% of Sangamon Township’s land. Who manages Sangamon Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service20,669 ac
State land board154 ac
Conservation Easement · 20,669 acState Resource Management Area · 154 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 18,274 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 board154Open
When to get out

The best walking months in Sangamon 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)9.110.311.813.514.915.715.314.112.510.89.48.7
High (°F)222740556777838173574027
Rain (in)0.50.60.91.73.23.63.12.32.01.80.60.6

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 3.6 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Sangamon Township →

Next door

Sangamon Township and its neighbors

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

Sangamon Township14 miHosmer Township11 miGlen Township8.5 miNorth Bryant Township2.6 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Sangamon Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
North Bryant Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Glen Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Hosmer 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 Sangamon Township

Is there public land near Sangamon Township?

8,689 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Sangamon Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 157 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Sangamon 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 →