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Pickerel Lake Recreation Area - East Unit
Managed by South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks
281 acres0.3 mi of trail
Glacial Mounds Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Kosciusko
Kosciusko, SD parks, trails & bike paths
About 41% of Kosciusko is conserved land, roughly 10,850 acres. Kosciusko has 3 named parks and preserves on the map.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Kosciusko, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Kosciusko outdoors
Conserved land
41%
10,850 of 26,507 acres
Trails
0.8 mi
0 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
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.
2
Pickerel Lake Recreation Area
Managed by South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks
356 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Pickerel Lake Recreation Area - West Unit
Managed by South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks
75 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
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 Kosciusko
Unnamed boat launch
Unnamed boat launch in Pickerel Lake Recreation Area - West Unit
Trails
Named trails
- Glacial Mounds Trail0.3 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
10,850 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 10,307 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 Kosciusko
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 14,749 acState Recreation Area 513 acState Conservation Area 30 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pickerel LakeState Recreation Area | State parks | 387 | Open |
| Pickerel Lake (okroi)State Recreation Area | State fish & wildlife | 126 | Open |
| Pickerel Lake North Wildlife Management AreaState Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 26 | Restricted |
| Slinden Wildlife Management AreaState Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 4 | Restricted |
History
Historic places to visit
Saint Joseph's Catholic CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Kosciusko and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Kosciusko'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 22.1-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.