Photo: Idawriter · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Eagle Butte
2% of Eagle Butte’s land is conserved, about 14 acres. 53% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Eagle Butte, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 37% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Eagle Butte have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Eagle Butte is ahead of 37% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; park acres per resident come closest.
Water is 7% of Eagle Butte’s area (0 of 1 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 2%.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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14 conserved acres
2% of Eagle Butte’s land. Water is left out: Eagle Butte has 1.4 square miles of land and 0.1 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Eagle Butte’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shupick Park Local Park | Town or city | 14 | Open |
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
The best walking months in Eagle Butte: 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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.1 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| High (°F) | 28 | 32 | 44 | 56 | 67 | 78 | 86 | 85 | 75 | 59 | 43 | 31 |
| Rain (in) | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 3.4 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Eagle Butte →
Eagle Butte and its neighbors
Eagle Butte has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Butte | 2% | 0.2 | 11 | 53% | C+ |
| North Eagle Butte | under 1% | 0.2 | 4 | 74% | C− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Eagle Butte
How much of Eagle Butte is conserved land?
2% of its land, against a typical 3% for a South Dakota town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Is there public land near Eagle Butte?
1,532 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Eagle Butte or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 16 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Eagle Butte have?
Ahead of 37% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. The grade combines the share of land that is conserved, miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, park acres per 1,000 residents and the share of residents within a half mile of a park. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Eagle Butte neighbors.
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 →