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

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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

Conservation Park

Park
29 acres1.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
2

Anza Soccer Complex

Park
43 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
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
Directions
Water

Lakes & rivers

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Who protects the land

546 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city
374 ac
County
96 ac
State fish & wildlife
54 ac
State parks
23 ac
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
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Anza Soccer ComplexLocal Recreation AreaTown or city95Open
Bramble ParkLocal ParkTown or city89Open
Memorial ParkLocal ParkCounty75Open
Pelican LakeState Recreation AreaState fish & wildlife42Open
Jackson ParkLocal ParkTown or city32Open
Stoke-Thomas Lake City ParkLocal ParkTown or city31Open
Unknown ParkLocal ParkTown or city25Open
Sandy ShoreState Recreation AreaState parks23Open
Koch Softball ComplexLocal Recreation AreaCounty21Open
Riverside ParkLocal ParkTown or city20Open
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.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Watertown3.3%9.7 mi30
Lake7.7%0.6 mi2
Elmira0%1.1 mi0
Sheridan0%6.2 mi0
Pelican7%4.0 mi3
Richland33.2%3.8 mi6
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.

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