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D−Outdoors
Outdoors in Rosebud

Few parks or trails are on the map in Rosebud

0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Rosebud.

Ahead of 2% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 13.0 sq mi of land
Trails
0.2 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
2,779 ft
Rosebud Butte
Lakes & rivers
1
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Rosebud have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Rosebud is ahead of 2% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.

D−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Rosebud’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 2%
LessMore
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Rosebud. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would still be D−. 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.

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

1 places to go in Rosebud

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

Peaks in Rosebud
Rosebud Butte2,779 ft elevation
Directions
Trails & water

1 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
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
2Baseball
2Basketball
1Softball

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

History along the way

2 places on the National Register

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

History →
Spotted Tail GravesiteSite · listed 1980
About it
Rosebud HotelBuilding · listed 1980
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Rosebud: 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)9.310.411.813.414.715.415.113.912.410.99.69.0
High (°F)353848586879878577614736
Rain (in)0.50.71.22.63.63.92.72.31.91.70.70.6

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 3.9 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Rosebud →

Next door

Rosebud and its neighbors

Rosebud 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
Rosebudunder 1%under 0.1under 1under 1%D−
Two Strike— 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 Rosebud

How much of Rosebud is conserved land?

under 1% 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.

Is there public land near Rosebud?

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

How much outdoors does Rosebud have?

Ahead of 2% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. 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 Rosebud 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 →