Lions Club Park
Park
9 acres0.1 mi of trail
Star Spangled
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Photo: Jerry Huddleston from Hampton, Minnesota, US · CC BY 2.0BOutdoors
Outdoors in Sturgis
6% of Sturgis’ land is conserved: 237 acres
88% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2.5 miles of mapped trail cross Sturgis, 0.4 per square mile of land. 67 acres are parks and preserves, 9.4 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 63% of U.S. towns · #16 of 35 in South Dakota. What drives it
Conserved land
6%
237 acres · of 6.6 sq mi of land
Trails
2.5 mi
0.4 per sq mi of land
Park land
67 ac
9.4 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
88%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
8.2 mi
8.2 mi paths
What kind of outdoors town is Sturgis?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Sturgis have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Sturgis is ahead of 63% of U.S. towns, #16 of 35 in South Dakota. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
B
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Sturgis’ overall grade.
Conserved land6% of the land · typical SD town 3% · U.S. 4%BTrails0.4 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (3 mi) · SD 0.5 · U.S. 0.4BPark land9.4 acres of park per 1,000 residents (67 acres) · SD 13 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to home88% of residents within a half mile of a park · SD 87% · U.S. 72%B+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 63%
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South Dakota towns of 2,500+ (35)Ahead of 56%
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B to B+. 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
Places to walk
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Lions Club Park, with 0.1 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Centennial Park
Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
237 conserved acres
6% of Sturgis’ land. Who manages Sturgis’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Bureau of Land Management103 ac
State fish & wildlife72 ac
Town or city56 ac
U.S. Forest Service5 ac
National Public Lands · 103 acState Conservation Area · 72 acLocal Park · 56 acNational Forest · 5 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota Field Office National Public Lands | Bureau of Land Management | 103 | Open |
| Marcoux Game Production 0area State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 72 | Restricted |
| Sturgis City Municipal Park Local Park | Town or city | 25 | Open |
| Unknown Park Local Park | Town or city | 16 | Open |
| Centennial Park Local Park | Town or city | 12 | Open |
| Black Hills National Forest National Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 5 | Open |
| 6Th St Playground Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Rose St Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| Willow Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
Things to do
8 places to go in Sturgis
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Sturgis
4 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Dog parks in Sturgis
Wareing Motors Off-Leash Dog Park
DirectionsCampgrounds in Sturgis
Days End Campground
DirectionsPlus 1 campground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Disc golf in Sturgis
Wareing Motors Disc Golf CourseHours: sunrise-sunset · Wareing Sturgis Ford
DirectionsTrails & water
3 named trails
Named trails
Open to bikes · 1.6 miHorses · 1.4 miUnpaved · 1.6 mi
Star Spangled0.8 mi
Peace Keeper0.3 mi
Anthem0.1 mi
Biking & sports
8.2 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
8.2 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
10Baseball
4Pickleball
4Soccer
2Tennis
2Volleyball
1Basketball
1Skate park
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →8 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
Fort Meade DistrictDistrict · listed 1973
About itSturgis Commercial BlockDistrict · listed 1975
About itAnnie Tallent HouseBuilding · listed 1976
About itJohn G. Wenke HouseBuilding · listed 1976
About itErskine SchoolBuilding · listed 1984
About itSturgis High SchoolBuilding · listed 2000
About itStephen and Maria Graf HouseBuilding · listed 2002
About itJohn and Elsie McMillan HouseBuilding · listed 2015
About itWhen to get out
The best walking months in Sturgis: July to 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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.2 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.9 |
| High (°F) | 37 | 38 | 48 | 56 | 66 | 77 | 85 | 84 | 75 | 60 | 47 | 38 |
| Rain (in) | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 4.4 inches fall in May, the wettest month. The climate in Sturgis →
Questions about parks and trails in Sturgis
Where can I hike in Sturgis?
The longest trail networks: Lions Club Park, 0.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Sturgis is conserved land?
6% 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.
Are dogs allowed on Sturgis’ trails?
Lions Club Park and Sturgis City Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Sturgis?
8.2 miles of bike routes are on the map: 8.2 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Sturgis?
65,484 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Sturgis or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 70 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Sturgis have?
Ahead of 63% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #16 of 35 in South Dakota. 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 Sturgis 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 →