Photo: The original uploader was Dekkanar at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Elk Point
OpenStreetMap doesn’t show named parks or mapped trails in Elk Point yet. Know a trail or a town park? Anyone can add it to OpenStreetMap, and it shows up here on the next refresh.
Behind most U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Elk Point have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Elk Point is behind most U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; conserved land comes closest.
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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3.4 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.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Elk Point: April 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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.4 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 9.1 |
| High (°F) | 29 | 34 | 47 | 61 | 72 | 82 | 86 | 83 | 76 | 63 | 47 | 33 |
| Rain (in) | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.9 |
January is the driest month (0.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 4.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Elk Point →
Questions about parks and trails in Elk Point
How much of Elk Point is conserved land?
under 1% 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.
Where can I bike in Elk Point?
3.4 miles of bike routes are on the map: 3.4 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Elk Point?
4,042 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Elk Point or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Elk Point have?
Behind most 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 Elk Point 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 →