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Prentis Park
Park
21 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Vermillion
Vermillion, SD parks, trails & bike paths
About 3% of Vermillion is conserved land, roughly 92 acres. There are about 2.7 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Prentis Park (0.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Vermillion, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Vermillion outdoors
Conserved land
3%
92 of 3,043 acres
Trails
2.7 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 1 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
7
8 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
3.7 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 3.7 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
Barstow Park
Managed by City of Vermillion
23 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Cotton Park
Park
20 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Lion's Park
Park
15 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Campgrounds in Vermillion
Lion's Park CampgroundIn Lion's Park
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
92 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths3.7 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis14
- Soccer12
- Basketball6
- Baseball5
- Softball4
- Pickleball2
- Football2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Vermillion
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 91 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cotton ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 29 | Open |
| Barstow ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 26 | Open |
| Prentis ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 22 | Open |
| Lions ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 13 | Open |
| Autobahn ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| Sertoma ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| Ty ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Bluff View CemeteryCemetery
Saint Agnes Cavalry CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Vermillion and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermillion | 3% | 2.7 mi | 7 |
| Vermillion | 2.3% | 4.6 mi | 0 |
| Fairview | 1.2% | 5.0 mi | 0 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Vermillion'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.