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Outdoors in Lake Flat Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Lake Flat Township

4% of Lake Flat Township’s land is conserved, about 830 acres. 4.0 miles of mapped trail cross Lake Flat Township, 0.1 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
4%
830 acres · of 34.4 sq mi of land
Trails
4.0 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
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
Who protects it

830 conserved acres

4% of Lake Flat Township’s land. Who manages Lake Flat Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State land board632 ac
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service117 ac
Bureau of Land Management81 ac
State Resource Management Area · 632 acConservation Easement · 117 acNational Public Lands · 81 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 117 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Sd Public Land
State Resource Management Area
State land board632Open
South Dakota Field Office
National Public Lands
Bureau of Land Management81Open
When to get out

September is the best month for walking in Lake Flat Township

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.210.411.813.414.715.515.214.012.410.99.68.9
High (°F)343748586878878777614736
Rain (in)0.40.51.02.13.43.12.31.61.21.70.50.4

January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 3.4 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Lake Flat Township →

Next door

Lake Flat Township and its neighbors

Lake Flat Township has the second most mapped trails of the 4 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Wasta Township9.6 miLake Flat Township4.0 miCedar Butte Township3.4 miWall0.3 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Lake Flat Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Cedar Butte Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Wasta Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Wall— 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 Lake Flat Township

Is there public land near Lake Flat Township?

59,654 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Lake Flat Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 717 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Lake Flat Township 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 →