Outdoors · Lockwood

Lockwood, SD parks, trails & bike paths

About 32% of Lockwood is conserved land, roughly 5,256 acres. Lockwood has 4 named parks and preserves on the map.

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

At a glance

Lockwood outdoors

Conserved land
32%
5,256 of 16,274 acres
Trails
0.2 mi
0 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
4
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

Big Stone Island Nature Area

Managed by South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks
100 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
2

Broich Waterfowl Production Area

Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
80 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3

Big Stone Ponds Game Production Area

Nature preserve
54 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4

Big Stone Lake Game Production Area

Nature preserve
38 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.
Campgrounds in Lockwood
Big Stone Rearing PondIn Big Stone Ponds Game Production Area
Directions
Water

Lakes & rivers

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Who protects the land

5,256 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
5,810 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)
154 ac
State parks
105 ac
State fish & wildlife
88 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 4,981 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 Lockwood

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 5,802 acResource Management Area 162 acState Conservation Area 105 acState Recreation Area 88 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Roberts County Waterfowl Production AreaResource Management AreaU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service162Restricted
Big Stone Island Nature AreaState Conservation AreaState parks105Restricted
Big Stone Ponds Game Production AreaState Recreation AreaState fish & wildlife52Open
Big Stone LakeState Recreation AreaState fish & wildlife36Open
Nearby

Lockwood and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Lockwood32.3%0.2 mi4
Prior8.6%5.3 mi2
Big Stone20.6%2.0 mi4
Geneseo18.8%3.8 mi5
Big Stone13.4%1.6 mi3
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Lockwood'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 20.3-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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