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Outdoors in Wachter Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Wachter Township

9% of Wachter Township’s land is conserved, about 2,052 acres. 159 acres are parks and preserves, 15,852 per 1,000 residents. 9.6 miles of mapped trail cross Wachter Township, 0.3 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
9%
2,052 acres · of 34.5 sq mi of land
Trails
9.6 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
159 ac
15,852 acres per 1,000 residents
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

2,052 conserved acres

9% of Wachter Township’s land. Who manages Wachter Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service2,454 ac
State fish & wildlife158 ac
State land board7 ac
Conservation Easement · 2,454 acState Recreation Area · 158 acState Resource Management Area · 7 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 1,887 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Elm Lake Game Production Area
State Recreation Area
State fish & wildlife158Open
State Lands
State Resource Management Area
State land board7Open
When to get out

The best walking months in Wachter 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)9.010.311.813.514.915.715.414.112.510.89.48.7
High (°F)212639546777828172563926
Rain (in)0.50.60.91.83.23.73.32.62.21.90.70.6

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 3.7 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Wachter Township →

Next door

Wachter Township and its neighbors

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

Palmyra Township14 miWachter Township9.6 miWeber Township7.2 miCarl Township5.3 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Wachter Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Carl Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Weber Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Palmyra 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 Wachter Township

Is there public land near Wachter Township?

15,838 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Wachter Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 160 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Wachter 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 →