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Outdoors in Sherman Township

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

82% of Sherman Township’s land is conserved, about 18,357 acres. 22 miles of mapped trail cross Sherman Township, 0.6 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
82%
18,357 acres · of 34.8 sq mi of land
Trails
22 mi
0.6 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

18,357 conserved acres

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

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service19,554 ac
State land board505 ac
Conservation Easement · 18,380 acResource Management Area · 1,174 acState Resource Management Area · 505 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 17,263 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Faulk County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service1,174Restricted
State Lands
State Resource Management Area
State land board505Open
Trails & water

1 named trail

Named trails
Unpaved · 1.0 mi
County Road 30.4 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Sherman 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)9.110.311.813.414.815.615.314.112.510.99.48.8
High (°F)232841556777848273574128
Rain (in)0.40.60.91.83.13.52.92.31.91.80.60.5

January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 3.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Sherman Township →

Next door

Sherman Township and its neighbors

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

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Sherman Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Clark Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Madison 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 Sherman Township

Is there public land near Sherman Township?

10,514 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Sherman Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 472 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Sherman 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 →