1
Madison Waterfowl Production Area
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
499 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Lake View
Lake View, SD parks, trails & bike paths
About 9.1% of Lake View is conserved land, roughly 1,825 acres. There are about 1.9 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Madison Waterfowl Production Area (1.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Lake View, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Lake View outdoors
Conserved land
9.1%
1,825 of 20,146 acres
Trails
1.9 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi · 1 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
8
named on the map
Bike routes
5.5 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 5.5 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
Bourne Slough Water Access Area
Managed by South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks
91 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Payne Waterfowl Production Area
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
56 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Walker's Point Recreation Area
Managed by South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks
49 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Lake View
Unnamed playground in Walker's Point Recreation Area
Trails
Named trails
- Fischer Trail0.1 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
1,825 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 162 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 paths5.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Lake View
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Resource Management Area 2,843 acState Conservation Area 217 acConservation Easement 162 acState Recreation Area 24 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake County Waterfowl Production Area Of SdResource Management Area | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 2,843 | Restricted |
| Bourne Slough Wildlife Management AreaState Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 134 | Restricted |
| Johnson Point Game Production AreaState Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 48 | Restricted |
| Walkers Point Game Production AreaState Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 36 | Restricted |
| Payne AccessState Recreation Area | State fish & wildlife | 11 | Open |
| Walkers Point Recreation AreaState Recreation Area | State parks | 9 | Open |
| Johnson's Point Recreation AreaState Recreation Area | State parks | 3 | Open |
Nearby
Lake View and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake View | 9.1% | 1.9 mi | 8 |
| Madison | 2.4% | 2.8 mi | 3 |
| Wentworth | 8.5% | 0.2 mi | 1 |
| Lake Madison | 5.3% | 0.4 mi | 8 |
| Franklin | 4.1% | 1.3 mi | 0 |
| Herman | 8.2% | 5.9 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Lake View'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.