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Recreation
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Whether you enjoy a challenging hike or Pierre’s Native Plant Arboretum, located
bike across rugged terrain, or a leisurely off the Lewis & Clark Trail, can provide
stroll through a city park, you’ll find the excellent views of deer, wild turkey,
perfect path in Pierre. mourning doves, bald eagles, songbirds
and pheasants.
The Fort Pierre National Grassland has
116,000 acres of rugged, unspoiled terrain. The Capitol Creek Trail connects the
capitol grounds to the riverwalk.
Oahe Downstream’s Cottonwood Path,
a National Recreation Trail, is popular
with hikers, cyclists and birders. The Governors Walk winds just over
a mile through Hilgers Gulch and
4 Street Trail & Play Park.
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LaFramboise Island, open year-round,
is seven miles of hiking and biking through The West Shore Mountain Biking Trail,
woods and meadows inhabited by diverse located along Lake Oahe, is a collection of
wildlife. trails ranging in difficulty that can be used
for both hiking and mountain biking. The
Farm Island Recreation Area, also open trails are the only maintained mountain
year-round, features a three-mile loop trail. biking trails in the Missouri River region.
The Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Trail runs
from Farm Island to Oahe Downstream For more information on trails see
Recreation Area. At 26-miles, it’s an easy www.visitpierresd.com or
PIERRE .ORG/ VISIT-PIERRE
to moderate bike trip, with interesting www.gfp.sd.gov, or stop by the Pierre
sites and stops along the route. Area Visitor Center for brochures.
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