Outdoors · Signal

Signal, SD parks, trails & bike paths

About 19% of Signal is conserved land, roughly 6,578 acres. There are about 2.1 miles of mapped trails.

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

At a glance

Signal outdoors

Conserved land
19%
6,578 of 34,996 acres
Trails
2.1 mi
0 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

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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

North Wheeler Recreation Area

Park
98 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.
Peaks in Signal
Took Tay Hill1,942 ft elevation
Directions
Who protects the land

6,578 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Army Corps of Engineers
5,267 ac
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
1,359 ac
State parks
107 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,204 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 Signal

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Recreation Management Area 5,267 acConservation Easement 1,359 acState Recreation Area 107 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Francis Case Recreation AreaRecreation Management AreaArmy Corps of Engineers5,267Open
North Wheeler Recreation AreaState Recreation AreaState parks107Open
History

Historic places to visit

Edgerton CemeteryCemetery
Friesland CemeteryCemetery
Nearby

Signal and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Signal18.8%2.1 mi1
Jackson17.6%5.6 mi1
Hamilton28.9%4.6 mi1
Platte7.7%5.6 mi0
Rhoda10.4%12.9 mi0
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Signal'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 28.3-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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