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Outdoors in Burk Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Burk Township

1.8 miles of mapped trail cross Burk Township, 0.1 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
1%
128 acres · of 36.0 sq mi of land
Trails
1.8 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
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

128 conserved acres

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

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service177 ac
Resource Management Area · 98 acConservation Easement · 79 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 79 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Minnehaha County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service98Restricted
Trails & water

1 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Skunk Creek
History along the way

1 place on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.

History →
Hans J. Hilmoe BarnBuilding · listed 2010
About it
When to get out

The walking year in Burk 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)243042566979838073594329
Rain (in)0.50.81.42.83.74.43.43.43.02.21.10.8

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 4.4 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Burk Township →

Next door

Burk Township and its neighbors

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

Dell Rapids Township3.3 miBurk Township1.8 miTaopi Township1.4 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Burk Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Dell Rapids Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Taopi 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 Burk Township

Is there public land near Burk Township?

593 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Burk 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 Burk 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 →