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Outdoors in Bison Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Bison Township

3% of Bison Township’s land is conserved, about 602 acres. 9.3 miles of mapped trail cross Bison Township, 0.3 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
3%
602 acres · of 34.6 sq mi of land
Trails
9.3 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

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Who protects it

602 conserved acres

3% of Bison Township’s land. Who manages Bison Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State land board602 ac
State Resource Management Area · 602 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Sd Public Land
State Resource Management Area
State land board602Open
Trails & water

1 named trail

Named trails
Old SD 200.9 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Bison Township: July to 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)9.110.311.813.514.915.715.314.112.510.89.48.7
High (°F)283243566677858474584231
Rain (in)0.40.60.81.63.13.22.51.81.41.40.50.4

January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 3.2 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Bison Township →

Next door

Bison Township and its neighbors

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Marshfield Township13 miRainbow Township9.8 miBison Township9.3 miScotch Cap Township8.9 miBison1.0 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Bison Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Scotch Cap Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Bison— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Rainbow Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Marshfield 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 Bison Township

Is there public land near Bison Township?

37,714 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Bison Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 607 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Bison 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 →