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Outdoors in Wilbur Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Wilbur Township

34% of Wilbur Township’s land is conserved, about 7,904 acres. 7.9 miles of mapped trail cross Wilbur Township, 0.2 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
34%
7,904 acres · of 35.8 sq mi of land
Trails
7.9 mi
0.2 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

7,904 conserved acres

34% of Wilbur Township’s land. Who manages Wilbur Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service10,330 ac
Conservation Easement · 8,881 acResource Management Area · 1,450 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 7,176 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Brule County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service1,450Restricted
When to get out

September is the best month for walking in Wilbur Township

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)9.310.411.813.414.715.415.114.012.410.99.68.9
High (°F)293446597080878577624633
Rain (in)0.50.71.12.73.53.82.92.82.51.90.70.6

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 3.8 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Wilbur Township →

Next door

Wilbur Township and its neighbors

Wilbur Township has the second most mapped trails of the 5 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Highland Township15 miWilbur Township7.9 miPlainfield Township6.4 miTorrey Lake Township3.5 miWashington Township1.3 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Wilbur 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
Torrey Lake Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Plainfield Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Washington 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 Wilbur Township

Is there public land near Wilbur Township?

688 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Wilbur Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Wilbur 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 →