South Dakota trails · Lake hikes

Lake hikes in South Dakota

61 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	—	Dalton Lake
Newton 36	9.7 mi	—	Thompson Reservoir
Deerfield Lake Loop	11.1 mi	—	Deerfield Lake
Snow-2	26.5 mi	—	Crooks Lake
George S. Mickelson Trail	72.3 mi	—	Major Lake
Ditch Creek 58	5.4 mi	—	Duck Lake, Pole Creek Pond Lake
Boggy	1.5 mi	—	Boggy Reservoir, Willow Springs Reservoir
Grace Coolidge Walk-In Fishing Area	2.8 mi	—	Center Lake
Bear Butte Lake Loop Trail	1.8 mi	—	Bear Butte Lake, Bear Butte
Sunday Gulch Trail	2.5 mi	—	Sylvan Lake
Ditch Creek 47	4.5 mi	—	Cameron Pond
Snow-1	5.2 mi	—	Duck Lake
Fs 301.1B	3.7 mi	—	Cameron Pond
The Lost Trails: Lower Loop	1.1 mi	—	Center Lake
Ditch Creek 59	3.8 mi	—	Pole Creek Pond Lake
Ditch Creek 50	4.0 mi	—	Cameron Pond
Red Lake 50	3.1 mi	—	Red Lake
Red Bird	4.3 mi	—	Mud Lake (historical)
Legion Lake	1.5 mi	—	Legion Lake
Pasque	1.5 mi	—	Sturgis Reservoirs
Agate North Trail	7.3 mi	—	Conata East 302 Reservoir
Ditch Creek 48	2.1 mi	—	Twin Lakes
Lookout Point Trail	2.2 mi	—	Norbeck Lake
Stockade Lake Trail	1.2 mi	—	Stockade Lake
Centennial 089	1.1 mi	—	Dalton Lake
Red Lake 53	1.7 mi	—	Red Lake
Red Lake 51	1.5 mi	—	Red Lake
Red Lake 52	1.5 mi	—	Red Lake
Snow-7A	1.5 mi	—	Woodville Lake
Osprey	1.7 mi	—	Pactola Reservoir
Red Lake 54	1.4 mi	—	Red Lake
Elk Shed	1.3 mi	—	Duck Lake
Newton 32	0.7 mi	—	Reno Gulch Reservoir
Pheasant Run Trail	2.7 mi	—	Lake Louise
Abott Trail	1.2 mi	—	Herman Slough
Ditch Creek 51	0.8 mi	—	Cameron Pond
Sylvan Lake Shore Trail	1.0 mi	—	Sylvan Lake
Mud Lake	1.0 mi	—	Mud Lake (historical)
Ditch Creek 34	1.3 mi	—	Duck Lake
Blue Blanket Trail	0.9 mi	—	Hiddenwood Lake
Duck Lake	0.6 mi	—	Duck Lake
Hiking Trail	0.8 mi	—	LaBolt Lake
Pioneer Adventure Trail	0.9 mi	—	Herman Slough
Luce Adventure Trail	1.2 mi	—	Herman Slough
Campground to Beach Trail	0.5 mi	—	Lake Wilcox
Lake Alvin Trail	0.5 mi	—	Lake Alvin
Centennial Trail (Badger Hole)	0.6 mi	—	Legion Lake
Legion Lake Shore	0.6 mi	—	Legion Lake
Hidden Beauty Trail	0.7 mi	—	Hiddenwood Lake
Centennial Trail #89	0.2 mi	—	Norbeck Lake
Roubaix Lake Shoreline Trail	0.4 mi	—	Roubaix Lake
Red Lake 55	0.2 mi	—	Red Lake
Bismarck Lake Shoreline Trail	0.2 mi	—	Bismark Lake
Spring Lake Overlook Trail	0.1 mi	—	Spring Lake
Roy Lake Island Trail	0.3 mi	—	Roy Lake
Oakwood LakesPrairie Trail	0.5 mi	—	Round Lake
Headquarters Trail	0.4 mi	—	Bourne Slough
Horsethief Lake Shoreline Tr	0.0 mi	—	Horse Thief Lake
Mitchell Lake Shoreline Trail	0.1 mi	—	Mitchell Lake
Dalton Lake Shoreline Trail	0.3 mi	—	Dalton Lake