Outdoors · Greenfield

Greenfield, SD parks, trails & bike paths

About 59% of Greenfield is conserved land, roughly 13,435 acres. There are about 2.3 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge (1.7 mi).

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

At a glance

Greenfield outdoors

Conserved land
59%
13,435 of 22,904 acres
Trails
2.3 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
1
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

Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Nature preserve
5,154 acres1.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

13,435 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
18,993 ac
State fish & wildlife
136 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 8,260 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 Greenfield

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
National Wildlife Refuge 10,075 acConservation Easement 8,918 acState Conservation Area 136 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Sand Lake National Wildlife RefugeNational Wildlife RefugeU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service10,075Restricted
HartState Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife68Restricted
Diagonal TreesState Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife67Restricted
Nearby

Greenfield and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Greenfield58.7%2.3 mi1
Lansing40.4%2.8 mi1
Brainard44.9%10.1 mi1
Liberty29.1%5.1 mi1
Richland41.8%18.0 mi0
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Greenfield'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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