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Outdoors in Warner Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Warner Township

16% of Warner Township’s land is conserved, about 8,277 acres. 25 miles of mapped trail cross Warner Township, 0.3 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
16%
8,277 acres · of 79.9 sq mi of land
Trails
25 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
2
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

8,277 conserved acres

16% of Warner Township’s land. Who manages Warner Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service10,237 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)1,133 ac
State land board187 ac
Conservation Easement · 8,706 acResource Management Area · 2,664 acState Resource Management Area · 187 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 6,754 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Brown County Waterfowl Production Area Of Sd
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service1,332Restricted
Brown County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service1,332Restricted
State Lands
State Resource Management Area
State land board187Open
Trails & water

2 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
History along the way

2 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Melchior Ryman FarmBuilding · listed 1995
About it
Modern Woodmen of America HallBuilding · listed 1995
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Warner 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)9.110.311.813.414.915.615.314.112.510.89.48.7
High (°F)222740566979848274584127
Rain (in)0.50.60.91.93.13.63.22.22.12.00.70.6

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 3.6 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Warner Township →

Next door

Warner Township and its neighbors

Warner Township has the most mapped trails of the 6 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
Warner Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Aberdeen Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
West Rondell Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
New Hope Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Highland Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Gem 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 Warner Township

Is there public land near Warner Township?

3,958 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Warner Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 179 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Warner 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 →