Tackett Underwood Building · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0Few parks or trails are on the map in Gregory
28 acres are parks and preserves, 20 per 1,000 residents. 0.7 miles of mapped trail cross Gregory, 0.4 per square mile of land. 61% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 40% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Gregory have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Gregory is ahead of 40% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
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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1 places to go in Gregory
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.
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.
2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
September is the best month for walking in Gregory
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 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 |
| High (°F) | 32 | 36 | 47 | 58 | 69 | 79 | 87 | 85 | 76 | 61 | 46 | 34 |
| Rain (in) | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 4.0 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Gregory →
Questions about parks and trails in Gregory
How much of Gregory 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.
Is there public land near Gregory?
661 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Gregory or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 28 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Gregory have?
Ahead of 40% 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 Gregory 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 →