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Outdoors in Custer Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Custer Township

4% of Custer Township’s land is conserved, about 1,403 acres. 8.2 miles of mapped trail cross Custer Township, 0.2 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
4%
1,403 acres · of 51.3 sq mi of land
Trails
8.2 mi
0.2 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

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

1,403 conserved acres

4% of Custer Township’s land. Who manages Custer Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State land board1,403 ac
State Resource Management Area · 1,403 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Sd Public Land
State Resource Management Area
State land board787Open
State Lands
State Resource Management Area
State land board616Open
Trails & water

1 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Morristown Lakereservoir
When to get out

The best walking months in Custer 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)9.010.311.813.514.915.715.414.112.510.89.48.7
High (°F)263042556777858474574129
Rain (in)0.40.50.81.62.83.12.61.91.51.50.50.4

January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 3.1 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Custer Township →

Questions about parks and trails in Custer Township

Is there public land near Custer Township?

20,420 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Custer Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1,418 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Custer 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 →