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Outdoors in Nance Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Nance Township

39% of Nance Township’s land is conserved, about 8,877 acres. 4.0 miles of mapped trail cross Nance Township, 0.1 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
39%
8,877 acres · of 35.8 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
Lakes & rivers
1
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

8,877 conserved acres

39% of Nance Township’s land. Who manages Nance Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service10,749 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)613 ac
Conservation Easement · 11,361 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 8,877 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

Trails & water

1 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Turtle Creek
History along the way

1 place on the National Register

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

History →
South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 03-020-008Structure · listed 1993
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Nance Township: August 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.210.411.813.414.815.515.214.012.410.99.58.8
High (°F)253043576980868375604330
Rain (in)0.50.71.02.43.43.93.12.62.22.00.70.6

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 3.9 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Nance Township →

Next door

Nance Township and its neighbors

Nance Township has the second most mapped trails of the 3 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Buffalo Township17 miNance Township4.0 miBonilla Township2.4 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Nance Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Bonilla Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Buffalo 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 Nance Township

Is there public land near Nance Township?

558 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Nance Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Nance Township neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →