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Outdoors in Turner Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Turner Township

1% of Turner Township’s land is conserved, about 342 acres. 7.8 miles of mapped trail cross Turner Township, 0.2 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
1%
342 acres · of 35.6 sq mi of land
Trails
7.8 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
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
Who protects it

342 conserved acres

1% of Turner Township’s land. Who manages Turner Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service344 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)146 ac
Resource Management Area · 297 acConservation Easement · 194 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 194 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Turner County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service297Restricted
Trails & water

1 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Vermillion River
History along the way

2 places on the National Register

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

History →
South Dakota Department of Transportation Bridge No. 63-198-181Structure · listed 1999
About it
Turner Township Bridge No. SE-18Structure · listed 2000
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Turner Township: April 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)9.310.511.813.414.715.415.113.912.410.99.69.0
High (°F)273346597181858276614531
Rain (in)0.50.81.42.93.84.33.13.43.02.31.20.8

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 4.3 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Turner Township →

Next door

Turner Township and its neighbors

Turner Township has the most mapped trails of the 5 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Turner Township7.8 miCenterville Township6.4 miDelaware Township5.1 miHurley Township3.5 miSwan Lake Township1.9 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Turner Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Swan Lake Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Delaware Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Centerville Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Hurley 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 Turner Township

Is there public land near Turner Township?

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

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Turner 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 →