1
Lake Thompson West Game Production Area
Managed by South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks
195 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Mathews
Mathews, SD parks, trails & bike paths
About 33% of Mathews is conserved land, roughly 18,821 acres. There are about 12 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Mathews, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Mathews outdoors
Conserved land
33%
18,821 of 57,131 acres
Trails
12 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
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
Johnson Waterfowl Production Area
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
41 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land
18,821 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 18,335 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 Mathews
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 21,122 acResource Management Area 328 acState Conservation Area 321 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsbury County Waterfowl Production AreaResource Management Area | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 328 | Restricted |
| Lake Thompson Game Production AreaState Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 190 | Restricted |
| AlbrechtState Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 84 | Restricted |
| AplandState Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 38 | Restricted |
| GruenhagenState Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 10 | Restricted |
History
Historic places to visit
St. Petri CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Mathews and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Mathews'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 32-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.