Outdoors · Ward

Ward, ND parks, trails & bike paths

About 11% of Ward is conserved land, roughly 2,604 acres. There are about 21 miles of mapped trails.

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Ward, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Ward outdoors

Conserved land
11%
2,604 of 22,878 acres
Trails
21 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 3 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
0
named on the map
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 mi off-road paths

Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Parks & preserves with trails

Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
Trails

Named trails

Unpaved 20.6 mi
  • 91st Street Northwest3.7 mi
  • 77th Avenue Northwest2.8 mi
  • 94th Street Northwest2.2 mi
  • 75th Avenue Northwest2.0 mi
  • 76th Avenue Northwest1.9 mi
  • 72nd Avenue Northwest1.0 mi
  • 96th Street Northwest0.8 mi
  • 73rd Avenue Northwest0.5 mi
  • 74th Avenue Northwest0.2 mi
Who protects the land

2,604 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
2,857 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 2,354 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.

Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Public lands

The biggest protected places in Ward

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 2,356 acResource Management Area 501 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Burke County Waterfowl Production AreaResource Management AreaU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service501Restricted
History

Historic places to visit

Danish CemeteryCemetery
Zion CemeteryCemetery
Nearby

Ward and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Ward11.4%20.6 mi0
Clayton18.3%29.6 mi0
Bowbells2.9%22.9 mi0
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Ward's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.

Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.

How we measure"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 20-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.

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