Outdoors · Summit

Summit, SD parks, trails & bike paths

About 12% of Summit is conserved land, roughly 2,678 acres. There are about 4.1 miles of mapped trails.

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

At a glance

Summit outdoors

Conserved land
12%
2,678 of 22,685 acres
Trails
4.1 mi
0.1 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.
Trails

Named trails

Unpaved 2.0 mi
  • County Highway 202.0 mi
  • County Highway 120.9 mi
Who protects the land

2,678 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
3,983 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)
154 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,685 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 Summit

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 2,152 acResource Management Area 1,985 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Lake County Waterfowl Production Area Of SdResource Management AreaU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service1,985Restricted
History

Historic places to visit

Prairie Queen CemeteryCemetery
South Lake Campbell CemeteryCemetery
Nearby

Summit and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Summit11.8%4.1 mi0
Fremont8.3%2.2 mi0
Rutland3.2%1.0 mi0
Oslo15.5%1.8 mi0
Nunda9%2.9 mi0
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Summit'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.

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