Photo: Alanscottwalker · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Fort Pierre
7 acres are parks and preserves, 2.8 per 1,000 residents. 46% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.6 miles of mapped trail cross Fort Pierre, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 28% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Fort Pierre?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Fort Pierre have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Fort Pierre is ahead of 28% of 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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Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
49 conserved acres
2% of Fort Pierre’s land. Who manages Fort Pierre’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharpe Recreation Area Recreation Management Area | Army Corps of Engineers | 88 | Open |
| Fischers Lilly Park Local Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
| Oaha Recreation Area Recreation Management Area | Army Corps of Engineers | 4 | Open |
| Fort Pierre Pool And Park Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 2 | Open |
2 places to go in Fort Pierre
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1 lakes & rivers
3.8 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.
8 places on the National Register, 2 of them National Historic Landmarks
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.
The best walking months in Fort Pierre: 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) | 9.2 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.9 |
| High (°F) | 30 | 35 | 47 | 59 | 71 | 81 | 89 | 87 | 78 | 62 | 46 | 33 |
| Rain (in) | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 3.3 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Fort Pierre →
Questions about parks and trails in Fort Pierre
How much of Fort Pierre 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.
Are dogs allowed on Fort Pierre’s trails?
Fishers Lilly Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Fort Pierre?
3.8 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.4 of painted or protected lanes and 3.4 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Fort Pierre?
31,140 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Fort Pierre or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 28 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Fort Pierre have?
Ahead of 28% 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 Fort Pierre 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 →