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Outdoors in Milbank

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Milbank

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. The biggest trail networks: Pribyl Park (0.9 mi). 2.0 miles of mapped trail cross Milbank, 0.7 per square mile of land.

Ahead of 85% of U.S. towns · #4 of 35 in South Dakota. What drives it

Conserved land
3%
58 acres · of 2.8 sq mi of land
Trails
2.0 mi
0.7 per sq mi of land
Park land
104 ac
30 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
2
2 boat launches

What kind of outdoors town is Milbank?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Parks close to homeVirtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park.History along the way6 places on the National Register.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Milbank have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Milbank is ahead of 85% of U.S. towns, #4 of 35 in South Dakota. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park ranks highest, conserved land lowest.

A
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Milbank’s overall grade.
Conserved land3% of the land · typical SD town 3% · U.S. 4%B−Trails0.7 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (2 mi) · SD 0.5 · U.S. 0.4B+Park land30 acres of park per 1,000 residents (104 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 85%
LessMore
South Dakota towns of 2,500+ (35)Ahead of 91%
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

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

The longest trail network is Pribyl Park, with 0.9 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Pribyl Park

Park
20 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

Lake Farley Park

Managed by City of Milbank
52 acres0.3 mi of trail
Lake Farley Walking Path
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Hurly Park

Park
11 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Flynn Park

Park
4 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
All 7 parks & preserves
Pribyl Park20 acres · 0.9 mi of trail
Lake Farley Park52 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · City of Milbank
Directions
Flynn Park4 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Directions
Grant County Veterans Memorial Park2 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Directions
Hurly Park11 acres
Directions
Flynn Nature Trail4 acres
Directions
Jack & Jill Park1 acres
Directions
Who protects it

58 conserved acres

3% of Milbank’s land. Who manages Milbank’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city58 ac
Local Park · 58 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Lake Farley Park
Local Park
Town or city25Open
Pribyl Park
Local Park
Town or city17Open
Jefferson Park
Local Park
Town or city12Open
Unknown Park
Local Park
Town or city2Open
Courthouse Park
Local Park
Town or city2Open
Things to do

12 places to go in Milbank

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Playgrounds in Milbank
School Playground
Directions

Plus 5 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

Trails & water

1 named trail and 2 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Lake Farley Walking Path0.3 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Visitor's Center PondpondSouth Fork Whetstone River
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
6Tracks
4Baseball
4Tennis
2Soccer
1Basketball
1Football

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

6 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
First Congregational Church of MilbankBuilding · listed 1978
About it
First National Bank of MilbankBuilding · listed 1978
About it
Milbank Carnegie LibraryBuilding · listed 1978
About it
Hollands Grist MillStructure · listed 1981
About it
Grant County CourthouseBuilding · listed 1993
About it
Emil and Hannah Johnson HouseBuilding · listed 2008
About it
When to get out

September is the best month for walking in Milbank

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)9.110.311.813.414.815.615.314.112.510.99.48.8
High (°F)222740556979838173584127
Rain (in)0.70.71.22.53.13.93.82.92.62.41.00.7

January is the driest month (0.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 3.9 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Milbank →

Next door

Milbank and its neighbors

Milbank has the most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Milbank2.0 miAlban Township1.0 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Milbank3%0.73099%+A
Alban 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 Milbank

Where can I hike in Milbank?

The longest trail networks: Pribyl Park, 0.9 miles; Lake Farley Park, 0.3 miles; Flynn Park, 0.2 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Milbank is conserved land?

3% 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 Milbank’s trails?

Pribyl Park and Lake Farley Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Milbank?

451 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Milbank or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 104 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Milbank have?

Ahead of 85% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #4 of 35 in South Dakota. 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 Milbank 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 →