Johnson School
Johnson School is a historic site in South Dakota, at a recorded elevation of 456 m. Orphanage Hill stands 484 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Buffalo Ridge Ghost Town, a museum 1.1 miles away. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 456 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Turtle Creek Park: 2.3 mi
- Hartford City Park: 2.5 mi
- Century Square Park: 2.8 mi
- Sunset Park: 4.3 mi
- Crooks Veterans Park: 4.4 mi
- Farmer: 9.5 mi
- Children's Art Wall: 9.5 mi
- I Tell You What: 9.5 mi
- Windmill: 9.5 mi
- For Which it Stands: 9.5 mi
- Buffalo Ridge Ghost Town: 1.1 mi
- Hartford Township Building: 2.8 mi
- USS South Dakota: 8.5 mi
- Delbridge Museum of Natural History: 8.7 mi
- Pettigrew Home & Museum: 9.4 mi
- USS South Dakota Battleship Memorial: 8.5 mi
- The Dubuque House Historical Marker: 9.5 mi
- The Amidon Affair: 9.6 mi
- Minnehaha County Pioneers Memorial: 9.6 mi
- Radio Station KSOO: 9.8 mi
- W. H. Lyon Fairgrounds (Sioux Empire Fair): 7.7 mi
- King & Queen Rock: 18.9 mi
- Corn Maze: 19.1 mi
- Sunken Garden: 10.5 mi
- Indoor Gardens: 10.9 mi
- Rooftop Garden: 10.9 mi
- Mount Bigsiouxvius: 14.4 mi
- Orphanage Hill: 16.6 mi
- Trent Mounds: 21.2 mi
- Family Park: 6.2 mi
- Corn Feeding Area: 15.2 mi
- Upper Sioux Falls: 9.6 mi
- Middle Sioux Falls: 9.6 mi
- Dells of the Sioux River: 15.7 mi
- The Palisades: 19.1 mi
- Roeman-Stetrichs Wildlife Management Area: 23.2 mi
- Klondike River Access: 24.7 mi
- Lake Alvin Beach: 18.7 mi
- Manley: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Johnson School. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orphanage Hill | NNE 31° | 484 m | 16.6 mi |
| Trent Mounds | NE 34° | 455 m | 21.2 mi |
| Mount Bigsiouxvius | E 101° | 432 m | 14.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:02 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 20:29 | 21:13 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:49 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:59 | 16:07 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 16 | 21 | 33 | 46 | 59 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 63 | 49 | 34 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sioux Falls WFO AP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/357083941
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