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Sundance Site

Sundance Site from directly overhead

Sundance Site is a historic site in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 510 m. Murray County Highest Point stands 588 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Winnewissa Falls, a waterfall 0.3 miles away. Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway passes 0.8 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Native American Sundance site

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Coordinates44.01850, -96.32385

0.8 mi off the Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Pit Wildlife Management Area: 4.6 mi
Troy Wildlife Management Area: 6.1 mi
Terrace Wildlife Management Area: 7.4 mi
Winter Wildlife Management Area, West Unit: 8.2 mi
Winter Wildlife Management Area, East Unit: 8.4 mi

Parks24

Hiawatha Pageant Park: 0.9 mi
Leon H. Moore Park: 0.9 mi
Water Tower Park: 1.3 mi
Casey Jones State Trail Pipestone Trailhead: 1.4 mi
Westview Park: 1.4 mi

Peaks9

Jasper Peak: 13.3 mi
Egan Mounds: 14.9 mi
Murray County Highest Point: 15.9 mi
Trent Mounds: 19.0 mi
Touch the Sky Prairie High Point: 19.2 mi

Museums5

Pipestone National Monument Visitor Center: 0.4 mi
Pipestone County Museum: 1.3 mi
Moody County Museum: 13.0 mi
Heritage Center: 16.8 mi
Garretson Area Historical Society and Museum: 22.7 mi

Ghost towns2

Cazenovia: 4.0 mi
Carnegie: 15.8 mi

Artworks2

Dinosaur Statue: 22.0 mi
Fireman Statue: 24.5 mi

Cliffs2

Dells of the Sioux River: 24.1 mi
The Palisades: 24.8 mi

Waterfalls1

Winnewissa Falls: 0.3 mi

Beaches1

Swim Beach: 8.7 mi

Gardens1

Secret Garden: 13.6 mi

Historic sites1

Hardwick Veterans Memorial: 17.9 mi

Attractions1

King & Queen Rock: 24.9 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sundance Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Murray County Highest Point	E 100°	587.8 m	15.9 mi
Nobles County Highest Point	ESE 120°	552.4 m	23.6 mi
Eagle Rock	SSE 164°	527 m	23.3 mi
Jasper Peak	SSW 192°	523.3 m	13.3 mi
Touch the Sky Prairie High Point	S 172°	518 m	19.2 mi
Egan Mounds	WSW 258°	484 m	14.9 mi
Orphanage Hill	WSW 236°	484 m	23.6 mi
Trent Mounds	WSW 240°	455 m	19.0 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:29	19:00	19:38
June solstice	05:43	20:28	21:13
September equinox	07:13	18:47	19:25
December solstice	07:58	16:03	16:51

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	14	18	31	44	57	68	72	70	62	47	32	19
Precip in	0.7	0.7	1.5	3.0	4.0	4.4	3.3	3.5	3.2	2.3	1.1	0.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pipestone, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7863141518

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