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Conservation Park
Park
29 acres1.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Watertown
Watertown, SD parks, trails & bike paths
About 3.3% of Watertown is conserved land, roughly 546 acres. There are about 9.7 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Conservation Park (1.5 mi), Anza Soccer Complex (0.7 mi), and Bramble Park (0.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Watertown, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Watertown outdoors
Conserved land
3.3%
546 of 16,792 acres
Trails
9.7 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
30
24 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
22.0 mi
1.1 mi lanes · 20.9 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
Anza Soccer Complex
Park
43 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Bramble Park
Park
68 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Premier Softball Complex
Park
31 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 30 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 30 parks & preserves
Conservation Park29 acres · 1.5 mi of trail
Anza Soccer Complex43 acres · 0.7 mi of trail
Bramble Park68 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Premier Softball Complex31 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Highland Park11 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Memorial Park74 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Forsberg Park53 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Jackson Park and Jackson Crossing 9-Hole Disc Golf Course31 acres
Stokes-Thomas Lake City Park28 acres
McLaughlin Nature Area17 acres
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Disc golf in Watertown
Bramble Links Disc Golf Course
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
546 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes1.1 mi
- Off-road bike paths20.9 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball30
- Basketball19
- Soccer17
- Tennis15
- Tracks4
- Beach volleyball3
- Football3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Watertown
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 308 acLocal Recreation Area 145 acState Recreation Area 65 acLocal Conservation Area 17 acState Conservation Area 12 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anza Soccer ComplexLocal Recreation Area | Town or city | 95 | Open |
| Bramble ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 89 | Open |
| Memorial ParkLocal Park | County | 75 | Open |
| Pelican LakeState Recreation Area | State fish & wildlife | 42 | Open |
| Jackson ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 32 | Open |
| Stoke-Thomas Lake City ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 31 | Open |
| Unknown ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 25 | Open |
| Sandy ShoreState Recreation Area | State parks | 23 | Open |
| Koch Softball ComplexLocal Recreation Area | County | 21 | Open |
| Riverside ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 20 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Watertown Veterans MemorialIn Stokes-Thomas Lake City Park · Memorial
Mount Hope CemeteryCemetery
Saint Marys CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Watertown and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Watertown'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 25.5-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.