- Elevation, modelled
- 478 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Jasper Peak523.3 m · 18.6 mi
- Nearest byway
- Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway14.2 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 21:14local time
- Coordinates
- 44.0497, -96.5939
Secret Garden is a garden in South Dakota, at a modelled 478 m. Jasper Peak stands 523 m to the southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Moody County Museum, a museum 0.6 miles away. Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off. 87 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Secret Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jasper Peak | SE 145° | 523.3 m | 18.6 mi |
| Macey Hill | W 272° | 521 m | 16.3 mi |
| Egan Mounds | SSW 193° | 484 m | 5.3 mi |
| Orphanage Hill | SSW 202° | 484 m | 16.4 mi |
| Trent Mounds | SSW 194° | 455 m | 12.2 mi |
- 14.2 mi off the Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Spotted Quarry · 14 mi
- Exhibit Quarry · 14 mi
- Lake Haiwatha · 14 mi
- Inkpaduta Campsite · 14 mi
87 named places within 25 miles
- Flandreau Park: 1.5 mi
- Westview Park: 13.2 mi
- Southwest Park: 13.7 mi
- Hiawatha Pageant Park: 13.9 mi
- Leon H. Moore Park: 14.0 mi
- Moody County Museum: 0.6 mi
- Pipestone National Monument Visitor Center: 13.6 mi
- Pipestone County Museum: 14.2 mi
- South Dakota Children's Museum: 20.6 mi
- South Dakota Art Museum: 20.8 mi
- Egan Mounds: 5.3 mi
- Trent Mounds: 12.2 mi
- Macey Hill: 16.3 mi
- Orphanage Hill: 16.4 mi
- Jasper Peak: 18.6 mi
- Dinosaur Statue: 9.7 mi
- Bus Stop: 11.7 mi
- Fireman Statue: 11.9 mi
- Brookings Arts Council Sculpture 94: 20.2 mi
- Touchdown Jesus: 20.9 mi
- Sundance Site: 13.6 mi
- Winnewissa Falls: 13.8 mi
- Swim Beach: 15.6 mi
- Dells of the Sioux River: 17.5 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:01 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 20:29 | 21:14 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:48 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:59 | 16:04 | 16:52 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 13 | 17 | 30 | 43 | 56 | 66 | 71 | 68 | 60 | 46 | 31 | 19 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Flandreau, under a mile away.
- Three-ridge Mussel351 obs
- White Heelsplitter48 obs
- Plain Pocketbook42 obs
- Fatmucket36 obs
- Giant Floater18 obs
- Ohio buckeye3 obs
- Creek Heelsplitter3 obs
- Creeper3 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
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