Outdoors · Geneseo

Geneseo, SD parks, trails & bike paths

About 19% of Geneseo is conserved land, roughly 4,199 acres. There are about 3.8 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Hartford Beach State Park (2.8 mi).

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

At a glance

Geneseo outdoors

Conserved land
19%
4,199 of 22,304 acres
Trails
3.8 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi · 3 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
5
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

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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

Hartford Beach State Park

Managed by South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks
323 acres2.8 mi of trail
Robar TrailAspen Spring TrailEast Pairie TrailPrehistoric Village TrailHiking Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead Website
2

Johnson Waterfowl Production Area

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

Spink 80 Game Production Area

Managed by South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks
76 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4

Kasuke Game Production Area

Managed by South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks
13 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Campgrounds in Geneseo
East CampgoundIn Hartford Beach State Park
Directions
West CampgoundIn Hartford Beach State Park
Directions
Unnamed campground in Hartford Beach State Park
Directions
Unnamed campground in Hartford Beach State Park
Directions
Unnamed campground in Hartford Beach State Park
Directions
Trails

Named trails

Unpaved 3.5 mi
  • Robar Trail1.0 mi
  • Aspen Spring Trail0.9 mi
  • East Pairie Trail0.5 mi
  • Prehistoric Village Trail0.3 mi
  • Hiking Trail0.1 mi
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

4,199 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
3,864 ac
State parks
326 ac
State fish & wildlife
88 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 3,706 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 Geneseo

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 3,706 acState Park 326 acResource Management Area 158 acState Conservation Area 88 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Hartford BeachState ParkState parks326Open
Roberts County Waterfowl Production AreaResource Management AreaU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service158Restricted
SpinkState Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife76Restricted
Kasuske Wildlife Management AreaState Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife13Restricted
History

Historic places to visit

Corona CemeteryCemetery
Emanuel Lutheran CemeteryCemetery
Nearby

Geneseo and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Geneseo18.8%3.8 mi5
Foster1.9%6.0 mi2
Lake11.7%0.4 mi2
Garfield5.6%0.2 mi2
Lockwood32.3%0.2 mi4
Melrose3.9%0.0 mi1
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Geneseo'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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