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Outdoors in Scotland Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Scotland Township

19% of Scotland Township’s land is conserved, about 4,486 acres. 3.9 miles of mapped trail cross Scotland Township, 0.1 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
19%
4,486 acres · of 35.9 sq mi of land
Trails
3.9 mi
0.1 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

4,486 conserved acres

19% of Scotland Township’s land. Who manages Scotland Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service6,053 ac
State land board79 ac
State fish & wildlife2 ac
Conservation Easement · 6,053 acState Resource Management Area · 79 acState Conservation Area · 2 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 4,406 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 board79Open
Bodi
State Conservation Area
State fish & wildlife2Restricted
When to get out

The best walking months in Scotland 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)9.110.311.813.414.915.615.314.112.510.99.48.7
High (°F)212639556777828172574026
Rain (in)0.60.61.02.03.13.93.52.52.32.20.70.7

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 Scotland Township →

Next door

Scotland Township and its neighbors

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

Bates Township17 miScotland Township3.9 miOak Gulch Township2.8 miAndover Township2.7 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Scotland Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Oak Gulch Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Andover Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Bates 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 Scotland Township

Is there public land near Scotland Township?

2,187 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Scotland Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 75 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Scotland 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 →