Outdoors · Dexter

Dexter, SD parks, trails & bike paths

About 14% of Dexter is conserved land, roughly 5,372 acres. There are about 8.2 miles of mapped trails.

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

At a glance

Dexter outdoors

Conserved land
14%
5,372 of 38,605 acres
Trails
8.2 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
3
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

123
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.
1

Thompson WPA

Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
233 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
2

Moe WPA

Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
160 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3

Neal WPA

Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
65 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land

5,372 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
7,512 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)
78 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 4,404 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
Nearby

Dexter and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Dexter13.9%8.2 mi3
Fuller13%4.2 mi4
Eden29.2%9.4 mi2
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Dexter'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 25.1-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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