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Gray State Public Shooting Area
Nature preserve
1,048 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Hamilton
Hamilton, SD parks, trails & bike paths
About 29% of Hamilton is conserved land, roughly 4,931 acres. There are about 4.6 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Gray State Public Shooting Area (1.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Hamilton, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Hamilton outdoors
Conserved land
29%
4,931 of 17,080 acres
Trails
4.6 mi
0.2 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
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.
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Boat launches in Hamilton
Unnamed boat launch
Who protects the land
4,931 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
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 Hamilton
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Recreation Management Area 3,257 acState Conservation Area 1,446 acState Recreation Area 254 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Francis Case Recreation AreaRecreation Management Area | Army Corps of Engineers | 3,257 | Open |
| Gray Game Production AreaState Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 1,042 | Restricted |
| Paulson Game Production AreaState Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 404 | Restricted |
| Platte Creek Recreation AreaState Recreation Area | State parks | 254 | Open |
Nearby
Hamilton and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton | 28.9% | 4.6 mi | 1 |
| Signal | 18.8% | 2.1 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Hamilton'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 20.2-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.