Outdoors · Dempster

Dempster, SD parks, trails & bike paths

About 1.9% of Dempster is conserved land, roughly 435 acres. There are about 2.6 miles of mapped trails.

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

At a glance

Dempster outdoors

Conserved land
1.9%
435 of 22,860 acres
Trails
2.6 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi
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.
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

435 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
USDA easements (NRCS)
365 ac
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
121 ac
State fish & wildlife
9 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits
8 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 426 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 Dempster

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 494 acState Conservation Area 9 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Sioux PoinsettState Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife9Restricted
Nearby

Dempster and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Dempster1.9%2.6 mi0
Hidewood4.1%5.6 mi0
Florence21.5%5.7 mi0
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Dempster'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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