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Douglas Chittick Community Gardens
Park
76 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Brookings
Brookings, SD parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.7% of Brookings is conserved land, roughly 513 acres. There are about 6.2 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Douglas Chittick Community Gardens (1.4 mi) and McCrory Gardens (1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Brookings, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Brookings outdoors
Conserved land
5.7%
513 of 8,952 acres
Trails
6.2 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
22
21 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
32.9 mi
1.3 mi lanes · 25.3 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.
2
McCrory Gardens
Park
70 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Dakota Nature Park
Park
145 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Medary Park
Park
19 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 22 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 22 parks & preserves
Douglas Chittick Community Gardens76 acres · 1.4 mi of trail
McCrory Gardens70 acres · 1 mi of trail
Dakota Nature Park145 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Medary Park19 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Mickelson Park12 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Sexauer Park & Campground21 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Moriarty Park10 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
McClemans Park3 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Fishback Soccer Complex86 acres
Southbrook Softball Fields25 acres
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Public pools in Brookings
50 meter poolIn Hillcrest Aquatic Center
plunge poolIn Hillcrest Aquatic Center
wading poolIn Hillcrest Aquatic Center
zero-depth leisure poolIn Hillcrest Aquatic Center
Who protects the land
513 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 103 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 lanes1.3 mi
- Off-road bike paths25.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes6.3 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball21
- Soccer12
- Tennis10
- Basketball9
- Tracks8
- Pickleball8
- Beach volleyball7
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Brookings
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 330 acConservation Easement 103 acLocal Recreation Area 75 acState Other or Unknown 4 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dakota Nature ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 137 | Open |
| Fishback SoccerLocal Recreation Area | Town or city | 51 | Open |
| Go Kart Track & Archery RangeLocal Park | Town or city | 35 | Open |
| Softball ComplexLocal Recreation Area | Town or city | 21 | Open |
| Dwiggins ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 20 | Open |
| Sexauer Park & CampgroundLocal Park | Town or city | 20 | Open |
| Larson ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 18 | Open |
| Pioneer ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 17 | Open |
| Hillcrest ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 14 | Open |
| Gustafson PondLocal Park | Town or city | 13 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Calvary CemeteryCemetery
Greenwood CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Brookings and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Brookings'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.