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Oakwood Lakes State Park
Managed by South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks
45 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Preston
Preston, SD parks, trails & bike paths
About 8.7% of Preston is conserved land, roughly 1,983 acres. There are about 2.3 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Preston, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Preston outdoors
Conserved land
8.7%
1,983 of 22,730 acres
Trails
2.3 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.
Beaches in Preston
Unnamed beach in Oakwood Lakes State Park
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
1,983 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,523 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
Courts & fields
- Beach volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Preston
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 2,632 acResource Management Area 470 acState Conservation Area 175 acState Recreation Area 50 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookings County Waterfowl Production AreaResource Management Area | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 470 | Restricted |
| Moe SloughState Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 175 | Restricted |
| Oakwood Lakes Recreation AreaState Recreation Area | State parks | 50 | Open |
Nearby
Preston and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Preston'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.