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Lake Hendricks State Recreation & Lakeside Use Area
Park
12 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Lake Hendricks
Lake Hendricks, SD parks, trails & bike paths
About 14% of Lake Hendricks is conserved land, roughly 2,878 acres. There are about 2.2 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Lake Hendricks, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Lake Hendricks outdoors
Conserved land
14%
2,878 of 20,823 acres
Trails
2.2 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi
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.
Campgrounds in Lake Hendricks
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Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
2,878 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,790 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 Hendricks
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 1,790 acResource Management Area 1,281 acState Conservation Area 439 acState Recreation Area 8 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookings County Waterfowl Production AreaResource Management Area | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 1,281 | Restricted |
| Black SloughState Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 217 | Restricted |
| Kvernmoe SloughState Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 198 | Restricted |
| Lake Hendricks Game Production AreaState Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 21 | Restricted |
| Lake Hendricks Recreation AreaState Recreation Area | State parks | 8 | Open |
| Lake Hendricks Wildlife Management Area 2State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 3 | Restricted |
Nearby
Lake Hendricks and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Hendricks | 13.8% | 2.2 mi | 1 |
| Hendricks | 3.9% | 1.0 mi | 6 |
| Richland | 0% | 1.8 mi | 0 |
| Oak Lake | 4.4% | 1.9 mi | 0 |
| Scandinavia | 7.5% | 2.3 mi | 2 |
| Shaokatan | 5.8% | 0.3 mi | 4 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Lake Hendricks'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.