Outdoors · Rouse

Rouse, SD parks, trails & bike paths

About 3.5% of Rouse is conserved land, roughly 1,364 acres. There are about 11 miles of mapped trails.

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

At a glance

Rouse outdoors

Conserved land
3.5%
1,364 of 39,016 acres
Trails
11 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
0
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.
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

1,364 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Army Corps of Engineers
894 ac
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
431 ac
State fish & wildlife
38 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 431 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 Rouse

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Recreation Management Area 894 acConservation Easement 431 acState Conservation Area 38 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Lewis And Clark Recreation AreaRecreation Management AreaArmy Corps of Engineers894Open
WilliamsonState Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife38Restricted
History

Historic places to visit

Cedar Hill CemeteryCemetery
Nearby

Rouse and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Rouse3.5%11.1 mi0
Raymond14.9%11.1 mi1
Ree0.3%13.9 mi0
Lone Tree3.8%4.6 mi0
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Rouse'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 28.1-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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