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OUTDOOR
Recreation
OUTDOORS
> Hiking & Biking and walking trails at LaFramboise
Whether you enjoy a challenging hike Island wind through woods and
across rugged terrain, or a leisurely meadows inhabited by diverse wildlife.
stroll through a city park, you’ll find Farm Island Recreation Area features
the perfect path in Pierre. a three-mile Island Nature Trail.
Information about all three state parks
The Fort Pierre National Grassland can be found at www.gfp.sd.gov.
has 116,000 acres of rugged, unspoiled
terrain, offering seasoned hikers and The Lewis & Clark Bicentennial
cyclists a look at the South Dakota Trail runs from Farm Island to Oahe
prairie as it was hundreds of years ago. Downstream Recreation Area. At
26 miles, it’s an easy to moderate bike
The parks and woods around Lake trip, with interesting sites and stops
Oahe and Lake Sharpe feature both along its route. Find information on
easy and challenging paths with the Lewis and Clark Trail in brochures
excellent birding and nature-watching distributed by the Pierre Area Chamber
opportunities. Oahe Downstream’s of Commerce. For a map of the trail in
Cottonwood Path, a National the local area, visit www.pierre.org.
Recreation Trail, is popular with
hikers, cyclists and birders. In the Within the city of Pierre, bike trails
winter months, you may see majestic and walking paths connect historical
bald eagles as they typically perch in sites and recreation areas. Hiking
the tall cottonwood trees. Open year- paths through Pierre’s Native Plant
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round, the seven miles of hiking, biking Arboretum, located off the Lewis &
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