1
Robbinsdale Park
Park
105 acres1.8 mi of trail
Dogs allowedMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Rapid
Rapid, SD parks, trails & bike paths
About 3.5% of Rapid is conserved land, roughly 1,248 acres. There are about 33 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Robbinsdale Park (1.8 mi), Sioux Park (1.6 mi), and The Outdoor Campus-West (1.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Rapid, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Rapid outdoors
Conserved land
3.5%
1,248 of 35,640 acres
Trails
33 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 8 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
40
16 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
69.8 mi
1.2 mi lanes · 68.6 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
Sioux Park
Managed by Rapid City Parks and Recreation
466 acres1.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
The Outdoor Campus-West
Managed by South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks
26 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Vickie Powers Memorial Park
Park
26 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Star of the West Sports Complex
Park
60 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Hanson-Larsen Memorial Park
Managed by The HLMP Foundation
276 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
7
Memorial Park
Park
34 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Founders Park
Park
59 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 40 parks & preserves
- Memorial Park West11 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Horace Mann Park9 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Kiwanis Mary Hall Park8 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Cliffside Park4 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Canyon Lake Park70 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Chuck Lien Family Park40 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Parkview Park33 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Braeburn Park28 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Dinosaur Park19 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Wilderness Park9 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- College Park3 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Dakota Fields Soccer Complex80 ac · Directions
- Roosevelt Park42 ac · Directions
- Memorial Park East23 ac · Directions
- Pressler Junction21 ac · Directions
- Dakota Drive Park18 ac · Directions
- Steele Avenue Park16 ac · Directions
- M Hill13 ac
- Hartland Court Park12 ac · Directions
- Rushmore Lions Park11 ac · Directions
- Minnesota Street Park9 ac · Directions
- Quarry Park7 ac
- Thompson Park7 ac · Directions
- Rapid City Dirt Jump Park5 ac · Directions
- Scott Mallow Park5 ac · Directions
- Centennial Park4 ac · Directions
- Halley Park3 ac · Directions
- Wilson Park3 ac · Directions
- Red Rocks Park2 ac · Directions
- Willow Park1 ac
- American Legion Park1 ac
- Trinity Eco Park1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
1,248 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes1.2 mi
- Off-road bike paths68.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis45
- Basketball45
- Baseball42
- Soccer25
- Football11
- Pickleball9
- Beach volleyball7
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Rapid and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rapid | 3.5% | 33.1 mi | 40 |
| Colonial Pine Hills | 21.9% | 6.7 mi | 0 |
| Box Elder | 0.7% | 5.7 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Rapid'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 38-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.