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Outdoors in Rainy Creek/Cheyenne Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Rainy Creek/Cheyenne Township

7% of Rainy Creek/Cheyenne Township’s land is conserved, about 4,244 acres. 31 miles of mapped trail cross Rainy Creek/Cheyenne Township, 0.3 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
7%
4,244 acres · of 91.3 sq mi of land
Trails
31 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
2
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

4,244 conserved acres

7% of Rainy Creek/Cheyenne Township’s land. Who manages Rainy Creek/Cheyenne Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Bureau of Land Management2,963 ac
State land board1,281 ac
National Public Lands · 2,963 acState Resource Management Area · 1,281 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
South Dakota Field Office
National Public Lands
Bureau of Land Management2,963Open
Sd Public Land
State Resource Management Area
State land board1,274Open
State Lands
State Resource Management Area
State land board7Open
Trails & water

2 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Hammann LakereservoirCheyenne River
When to get out

September is the best month for walking in Rainy Creek/Cheyenne 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)9.210.411.813.414.815.515.214.012.410.99.58.9
High (°F)333748596980888778624735
Rain (in)0.40.50.92.03.43.12.31.61.21.60.50.4

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 Rainy Creek/Cheyenne Township →

Next door

Rainy Creek/Cheyenne Township and its neighbors

Rainy Creek/Cheyenne Township has the most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Rainy Creek/Cheyenne Township31 miAsh Township14 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Rainy Creek/Cheyenne Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Ash 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 Rainy Creek/Cheyenne Township

Is there public land near Rainy Creek/Cheyenne Township?

53,886 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Rainy Creek/Cheyenne Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 4,240 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Rainy Creek/Cheyenne 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 →