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Lake hikes in South Dakota

63 trails in South Dakota reach a named lake. Ranked by our data-richness score; every link opens the full stats or the live map.

Trail	Length	Gain	Reaches
Centennial On Northern Hills	22.1 mi	1,422 ft	Dalton Lake
Newton 36	9.7 mi	1,063 ft	Thompson Reservoir
Deerfield Lake Loop	11.1 mi	461 ft	Deerfield Lake
Snow-2	26.5 mi	1,206 ft	Crooks Lake
George S. Mickelson Trail	72.3 mi	2,457 ft	Major Lake
Ditch Creek 58	5.4 mi	230 ft	Duck Lake, Pole Creek Pond Lake
Boggy	1.5 mi	293 ft	Boggy Reservoir, Willow Springs Reservoir
Grace Coolidge Walk-In Fishing Area	2.8 mi	386 ft	Center Lake
Rapid City Bike Path	1.3 mi	56 ft	Red Dale Gulch Reservoir, Canyon Lake
Bear Butte Lake Loop Trail	1.8 mi	21 ft	Bear Butte Lake, Bear Butte
Sunday Gulch Trail	2.5 mi	711 ft	Sylvan Lake
Ditch Creek 47	4.5 mi	375 ft	Cameron Pond
Snow-1	5.2 mi	278 ft	Duck Lake
The Lost Trails: Lower Loop	1.1 mi	216 ft	Center Lake
Ditch Creek 59	3.8 mi	342 ft	Pole Creek Pond Lake
Ditch Creek 50	4.0 mi	226 ft	Cameron Pond
Red Lake 50	3.1 mi	337 ft	Red Lake
Red Bird	4.3 mi	264 ft	Mud Lake (historical)
Legion Lake	1.5 mi	358 ft	Legion Lake
Pasque	1.5 mi	531 ft	Sturgis Reservoirs
Agate North Trail	7.3 mi	86 ft	Conata East 302 Reservoir
Ditch Creek 48	2.1 mi	322 ft	Twin Lakes
Lookout Point Trail	2.2 mi	150 ft	Norbeck Lake
Stockade Lake Trail	1.2 mi	383 ft	Stockade Lake
Centennial 089	1.1 mi	390 ft	Dalton Lake
Red Lake 53	1.7 mi	215 ft	Red Lake
Red Lake 51	1.5 mi	216 ft	Red Lake
Red Lake 52	1.5 mi	207 ft	Red Lake
Snow-7A	1.5 mi	241 ft	Woodville Lake
Osprey	1.7 mi	78 ft	Pactola Reservoir
Red Lake 54	1.4 mi	208 ft	Red Lake
Elk Shed	1.3 mi	189 ft	Duck Lake
Pheasant Run Trail	3.2 mi	23 ft	Lake Louise
Newton 32	0.7 mi	213 ft	Reno Gulch Reservoir
Abott Trail	1.2 mi	58 ft	Herman Slough
Ditch Creek 51	0.8 mi	149 ft	Cameron Pond
Sylvan Lake Shore Trail	1.0 mi	75 ft	Sylvan Lake
Aberdeen Recreation Trail	4.6 mi	24 ft	Wylie Lake
Mud Lake	1.0 mi	91 ft	Mud Lake (historical)
Ditch Creek 34	1.3 mi	57 ft	Duck Lake
Blue Blanket Trail	0.9 mi	68 ft	Hiddenwood Lake
Duck Lake	0.6 mi	99 ft	Duck Lake
Hiking Trail	0.8 mi	62 ft	LaBolt Lake
Pioneer Adventure Trail	0.9 mi	48 ft	Herman Slough
Luce Adventure Trail	1.2 mi	26 ft	Herman Slough
Campground to Beach Trail	0.5 mi	53 ft	Lake Wilcox
Lake Alvin Trail	0.5 mi	62 ft	Lake Alvin
Centennial Trail (Badger Hole)	0.6 mi	69 ft	Legion Lake
Legion Lake Shore	0.6 mi	26 ft	Legion Lake
Hidden Beauty Trail	0.7 mi	28 ft	Hiddenwood Lake
Centennial Trail #89	0.2 mi	122 ft	Norbeck Lake
Roubaix Lake Shoreline Trail	0.4 mi	27 ft	Roubaix Lake
Red Lake 55	0.2 mi	51 ft	Red Lake
Bismarck Lake Shoreline Trail	0.2 mi	22 ft	Bismark Lake
Spring Lake Overlook Trail	0.1 mi	21 ft	Spring Lake
Roy Lake Island Trail	0.3 mi	12 ft	Roy Lake
Oakwood LakesPrairie Trail	0.5 mi	10 ft	Round Lake
Headquarters Trail	0.4 mi	5 ft	Bourne Slough
Horsethief Lake Shoreline Tr	0.0 mi	1 ft	Horse Thief Lake
Mitchell Lake Shoreline Trail	0.1 mi	6 ft	Mitchell Lake