Outdoors · Lake George

Lake George, SD parks, trails & bike paths

About 42% of Lake George is conserved land, roughly 7,885 acres. There are about 5.6 miles of mapped trails.

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

At a glance

Lake George outdoors

Conserved land
42%
7,885 of 18,997 acres
Trails
5.6 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 3 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

Lake George State Public Shooting Area

Nature preserve
78 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land

7,885 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
8,811 ac
State fish & wildlife
78 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 7,806 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 Lake George

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 8,811 acState Conservation Area 78 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Lake GeorgeState Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife78Restricted
History

Historic places to visit

Lake George CemeteryCemetery
Nearby

Lake George and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Lake George41.5%5.6 mi1
Forbes1.1%6.2 mi0
La Roche27.3%14.9 mi1
Pleasant Grove46.5%13.1 mi1
Eagle19.1%13.3 mi0
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Lake George'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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