Outdoors · Allison

Allison, SD parks, trails & bike paths

About 57% of Allison is conserved land, roughly 13,033 acres. There are about 7.1 miles of mapped trails.

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Allison, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Allison outdoors

Conserved land
57%
13,033 of 22,816 acres
Trails
7.1 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
0
named on the map
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 mi off-road paths

Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Parks & preserves with trails

Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

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Peaks in Allison
Crows Nest (Historical)1,457 ft elevation
Directions
Water

Lakes & rivers

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Who protects the land

13,033 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
14,834 ac
State land board
537 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)
158 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 12,496 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.

Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Public lands

The biggest protected places in Allison

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 14,992 acState Resource Management Area 537 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
State LandsState Resource Management AreaState land board537Open
Nearby

Allison and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Allison57.1%7.1 mi0
Franklyn64.5%8.7 mi0
Palmyra31.6%13.7 mi0
Frederick33.6%9.3 mi0
Carl32.4%5.3 mi0
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Allison's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.

Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.

How we measure"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 20-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.

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