“The first chunk is Sylvan Lake,” state Parks and Recreation Division director Scott Simpson told the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission on Friday.

South Dakota's largest state park offers many of the same outdoor thrills—breathtaking landscapes, roaming wildlife, and rugged adventure—but with fewer people, no grizzly bears, and a refreshingly ...

NWS Sylvan Lake Park SD Special to the Daily/Kathy Heicher EAGLE — Sylvan Lake State Park has an issue to address before it becomes a big dam problem. The 1940s-era dam at the popular recreation ...

Take a short drive south from Interstate 70 and up Brush Creek Road out of Eagle to Sylvan Lake State Park for an easy-to-get-to mountain getaway, whether it’s for an afternoon or several days; summer ...