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Owanka, South DakotaPhoto: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0
–Not graded
Outdoors in Owanka Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Owanka Township

4% of Owanka Township’s land is conserved, about 1,264 acres. 4.0 miles of mapped trail cross Owanka Township, 0.1 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
4%
1,264 acres · of 50.7 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

1,264 conserved acres

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

State land board986 ac
Bureau of Land Management278 ac
State Resource Management Area · 986 acNational Public Lands · 278 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Sd Public Land
State Resource Management Area
State land board986Open
South Dakota Field Office
National Public Lands
Bureau of Land Management278Open
When to get out

September is the best month for walking in Owanka 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)353949596979888778624837
Rain (in)0.40.51.02.13.43.02.41.51.21.60.50.4

January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 3.4 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Owanka Township →

Next door

Owanka Township and its neighbors

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Crooked Creek Township35 miWasta Township9.6 miOwanka Township4.0 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Owanka 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
Crooked Creek 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 Owanka Township

Is there public land near Owanka Township?

42,809 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Owanka Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1,265 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Owanka 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 →