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Outdoors in Park Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Park Township

18% of Park Township’s land is conserved, about 4,054 acres. 0.6 miles of mapped trail cross Park Township.

Conserved land
18%
4,054 acres · of 36.1 sq mi of land
Trails
0.6 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

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

12
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Reinhardt Game Production Area

Managed by South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks
154 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

Reinhardt Waterfowl Production Area

Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
12 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

4,054 conserved acres

18% of Park Township’s land. Who manages Park Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service4,436 ac
State fish & wildlife158 ac
State land board145 ac
Conservation Easement · 4,413 acState Conservation Area · 158 acState Resource Management Area · 145 acResource Management Area · 24 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 3,739 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Reinhardt
State Conservation Area
State fish & wildlife158Restricted
State Lands
State Resource Management Area
State land board145Open
Hand County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service24Restricted
When to get out

The best walking months in Park 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)9.110.411.813.414.815.615.314.012.510.99.58.8
High (°F)242942576979858375594229
Rain (in)0.50.61.02.13.43.63.32.42.11.90.60.6

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 3.6 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Park Township →

Next door

Park Township and its neighbors

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

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Park Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Arcade 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 Park Township

Are dogs allowed on Park Township’s trails?

Reinhardt Game Production Area and Reinhardt Waterfowl Production Area don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Park Township?

3,296 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Park Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 147 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Park 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 →