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Bank Of Bowdle NRHP 85000183 Edmunds County, SDPhoto: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Outdoors in Bowdle Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Bowdle Township

49% of Bowdle Township’s land is conserved, about 10,867 acres. 11 miles of mapped trail cross Bowdle Township, 0.3 per square mile of land. 5% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Conserved land
49%
10,867 acres · of 34.6 sq mi of land
Trails
11 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Near a park
5%
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

10,867 conserved acres

49% of Bowdle Township’s land. Who manages Bowdle Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service14,652 ac
State land board278 ac
Conservation Easement · 14,282 acResource Management Area · 370 acState Resource Management Area · 278 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 10,405 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Edmunds County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service370Restricted
State Lands
State Resource Management Area
State land board278Open
When to get out

The best walking months in Bowdle 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)9.110.311.813.514.915.715.314.112.510.89.48.7
High (°F)222740556777838172574027
Rain (in)0.50.60.91.73.23.63.02.31.91.80.60.5

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 3.6 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Bowdle Township →

Next door

Bowdle Township and its neighbors

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Cottonwood Lake Township14 miModena Township14 miOdessa Township13 miBowdle Township11 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Bowdle Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Cottonwood Lake Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Odessa Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Modena 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 Bowdle Township

Is there public land near Bowdle Township?

7,157 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Bowdle Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 274 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Bowdle 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 →