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South Dakota rankings · Outdoors Towns with the most trails in South Dakota Ranked by miles of mapped hiking and walking trails per square mile of town. 27 towns with 2,500+ residents.
Huron’s spot
#9 of 27 0.9 mi / sq mi miles of trail per square mile
The race around Huron
Just behind Yankton, just ahead of Blackhawk All 27 towns Trail miles per sq mi, highest first. Towns next door to Huron are tagged.
# Town Trail miles per sq mi Trail miles Parks & preserves
2
Big Sioux Union County · 4,917 people 1.9 mi / sq mi 22.4 mi 2
3
Lead 3,006 people 1.9 mi / sq mi 3.7 mi 1
4
Spearfish 12,930 people 1.5 mi / sq mi 25.0 mi 19
6
Hartford 3,478 people 1.2 mi / sq mi 4.3 mi 2
7
Pierre 13,948 people 1.0 mi / sq mi 13.4 mi 4
8
Yankton 15,540 people 0.9 mi / sq mi 8.4 mi 6
9
Huron 14,385 people 0.9 mi / sq mi 10.0 mi 8
10
Blackhawk 2,934 people 0.8 mi / sq mi 3.9 mi 0
11
Aberdeen 28,189 people 0.7 mi / sq mi 12.1 mi 13
13
Milbank 3,525 people 0.7 mi / sq mi 2.0 mi 7
15
Madison 6,094 people 0.6 mi / sq mi 2.8 mi 3
16
Rapid City 77,946 people 0.6 mi / sq mi 33.1 mi 40
18
Tea 6,786 people 0.5 mi / sq mi 2.0 mi 2
19
Brookings 23,948 people 0.4 mi / sq mi 6.2 mi 22
21
Box Elder 12,902 people 0.4 mi / sq mi 5.7 mi 1
22
Sturgis 7,086 people 0.4 mi / sq mi 2.5 mi 3
23
Watertown 23,044 people 0.4 mi / sq mi 9.7 mi 30
24
Canton 3,033 people 0.4 mi / sq mi 1.2 mi 6
26
Mitchell 15,649 people 0.2 mi / sq mi 2.7 mi 16
27
Split Rock Minnehaha County · 3,143 people 0.2 mi / sq mi 5.6 mi 4
We rank every town by miles of mapped hiking and walking trails per square mile of town. Paths, bridleways, woods roads and footways in parks count; sidewalks don't. Towns need at least a mile of trail to be ranked. Trails come from OpenStreetMap, so a well-mapped town can edge out an equally trail-rich one that's mapped less thoroughly. The town with the highest figure ranks #1.
Only towns with at least 2,500 residents are ranked; Census estimates for smaller places are too uncertain. Population and income: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Trails, streets and parks: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Conserved land: USGS PAD-US . Measured within each town's Census boundary. Town photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each town’s page.
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