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Outdoors in Ash Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Ash Township

14 miles of mapped trail cross Ash Township, 0.3 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
1%
275 acres · of 43.8 sq mi of land
Trails
14 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
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

275 conserved acres

1% of Ash Township’s land. Who manages Ash Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State land board248 ac
Bureau of Land Management27 ac
State Resource Management Area · 248 acNational Public Lands · 27 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Sd Public Land
State Resource Management Area
State land board248Open
South Dakota Field Office
National Public Lands
Bureau of Land Management27Open
When to get out

September is the best month for walking in Ash 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)9.210.411.813.414.815.515.214.012.410.99.58.9
High (°F)333748586879878777614636
Rain (in)0.40.50.92.03.43.12.41.61.21.70.50.4

January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 3.4 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Ash Township →

Next door

Ash Township and its neighbors

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

Rainy Creek/Cheyenne Township31 miAsh Township14 miHuron Township9.3 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Ash Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Rainy Creek/Cheyenne Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Huron 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 Ash Township

Is there public land near Ash Township?

26,161 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Ash Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 280 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Ash 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 →