Freeman Pool Park
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
B+Outdoors
Outdoors in Freeman
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Freeman
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 1.4 miles of mapped trail cross Freeman, 0.9 per square mile of land. 49 acres are parks and preserves, 31 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 68% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 1.5 sq mi of land
Trails
1.4 mi
0.9 per sq mi of land
Park land
49 ac
31 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Freeman?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Freeman have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Freeman is ahead of 68% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Freeman’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical SD town 3% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.9 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · SD 0.5 · U.S. 0.4A−Park land31 acres of park per 1,000 residents (49 acres) · SD 13 · U.S. 13B+Parks close to homeVirtually all residents within a half mile of a park · SD 87% · U.S. 72%A
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 68%
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How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B− to A. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
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
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Lion's Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do
4 places to go in Freeman
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Public pools in Freeman
Freeman Public PoolIn Freeman Pool Park
DirectionsPlaygrounds in Freeman
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Campgrounds in Freeman
Freeman City Park CampgroundFee · In Freeman Pool Park
DirectionsTrails & water
1 named trail
Named trails
Unpaved · 0.7 mi
Arboretum Loop0.7 mi
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
2Tennis
2Baseball
1Soccer
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
September is the best month for walking in Freeman
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) | 9.3 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 |
| High (°F) | 27 | 32 | 45 | 58 | 70 | 80 | 85 | 82 | 75 | 61 | 45 | 31 |
| Rain (in) | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.8 |
January is the driest month (0.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 4.1 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Freeman →
Next door
Freeman and its neighbors
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freeman | under 1% | 0.9 | 31 | 99%+ | B+ |
| Grandview Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Valley 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 Freeman
How much of Freeman 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.
Are dogs allowed on Freeman’s trails?
Freeman Pool Park and Lion's Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Freeman?
63 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Freeman or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 49 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Freeman have?
Ahead of 68% 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 Freeman 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 →