1
Great Bear Recreation Park
Park
229 acres4.6 mi of trail
Cactus Hills TrailOverlook TrailValley TrailNorthern Slope TrailSkyline Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls, SD parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.3% of Sioux Falls is conserved land, roughly 2,884 acres. There are about 61 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Great Bear Recreation Park (4.6 mi), Sertoma Park (2.9 mi), and Terrace Park (2.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Sioux Falls, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Sioux Falls outdoors
Conserved land
5.3%
2,884 of 54,112 acres
Trails
61 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 30 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
71
14 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
74.4 mi
9.9 mi lanes · 63.5 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
Sertoma Park
Park
126 acres2.9 mi of trail
Riparian TrailPrarie TrailWoodland TrailPrarie/Woodland Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Terrace Park
Park
56 acres2.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Arrowhead Park
Park
103 acres2.4 mi of trail
North Loop TrailQuarry Rock TrailStairstep Quarry Primitive Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Waterfowl Feeding Area Parking
5
Yankton Trails Park
Park
144 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Spencer Park
Park
66 acres1.4 mi of trail
Nordic Ski Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Family Park
Park
84 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
8
Falls Park
Park
148 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
All 60 parks & preserves
- Sherman Park84 ac · 0.9 mi trail · Directions
- Frank Olson Park33 ac · 0.8 mi trail · Directions
- Veterans' Memorial Park24 ac · 0.8 mi trail · Directions
- Pasley Park80 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Kuehn Park86 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Legacy Park50 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Tomar Park44 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Oakview Park15 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Laurel Oak Park14 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Karras Park9 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Galway Park6 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Mansor-Pioneer Park5 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Riverdale Park48 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Elmwood Park34 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Kenny Anderson Park24 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Earl McCart Fields21 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Rotary Park20 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Spellerberg Park19 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Dugan Park6 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Jefferson Park4 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Tuthill Park92 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- YMCA Camp Lief Ericson52 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Cherry Rock Park26 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Lions Centennial Park14 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Platinum Valley Park10 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Whittier Park7 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Emerson Park6 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Marion Park5 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Lien Park4 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Thelin Park4 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Fawick Park3 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Town One Park3 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Heritage Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Menlo Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Van Eps Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Harmodon Park145 ac · Directions
- Dunham Park88 ac · Directions
- Beadle Park46 ac · Directions
- Leaders Park40 ac
- Oxbow Park33 ac
- Memorial Park24 ac · Directions
- Morningside Park22 ac
- McKennan Park20 ac · Directions
- River Boulevard Greenway19 ac · Directions
- Norlin Greenway Park18 ac · Directions
- Farm Field Park13 ac · Directions
- Glenview Park12 ac
- Drake Springs Park11 ac · Directions
- Burnside Park11 ac · Directions
- Elmen Park Trailhead11 ac
- Prairie Trail Park7 ac
- Hayward Park6 ac
Who protects the land
2,884 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes9.9 mi
- Off-road bike paths63.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes1.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball112
- Tennis81
- Soccer77
- Basketball51
- Football33
- Beach volleyball19
- Pickleball15
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Sioux Falls and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sioux Falls | 5.3% | 60.9 mi | 71 |
| Split Rock | 3.8% | 5.6 mi | 4 |
| Wayne | 0% | 0.5 mi | 1 |
| Springdale | 4.8% | 8.1 mi | 6 |
| Delapre | 2.6% | 0.4 mi | 1 |
| Brandon | 0% | 1.8 mi | 1 |
| Mapleton | 0% | 0.9 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Sioux Falls'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 39.9-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.