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Cultural Heritage Center

Cultural Heritage Center from directly overhead

Cultural Heritage Center is a museum in South Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 492 m. Stony Butte stands 647 m to the south, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Fighting Stallions, a historic site 0.6 miles away. Native American Scenic Byway passes 2.0 miles off. 40 named places lie within 25 miles, 9 of them named summits.

The story

building that houses a museum, archives, and State Historical Society offices

Dates from 1989.

Wikidata Q15278672, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates44.37270, -100.33804

40 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 19
  • Mateer Park: 0.7 mi
  • Devine Park: 0.8 mi
  • Brandt Park: 0.8 mi
  • Pierre Marina Recreational Area: 1.2 mi
  • Steamboat Park: 1.3 mi
Peaks: 9
  • Verendrye Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Snake Butte: 3.9 mi
  • Snake Butte: 4.0 mi
  • Brown Hill: 7.0 mi
  • Willow Creek Butte: 13.3 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Historic sites: 4
  • Fighting Stallions: 0.6 mi
  • Civil War Monument: 0.6 mi
  • Fort Pierre Chouteau National Historic Landmark: 2.8 mi
  • Cedar Valley School: 13.6 mi
Museums: 2
  • South Dakota National Guard Museum: 0.9 mi
  • Fort Chouteau Museum: 2.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stony ButteS 174°647 m23.3 mi
Willow Creek ButteW 274°635 m13.3 mi
Murray ButteWSW 253°622 m21.0 mi
Medicine KnollENE 65°619 m16.5 mi
Fort George ButteSE 125°597 m19.4 mi
Snake ButteNNW 342°584 m4.0 mi
Brown HillWNW 303°575 m7.0 mi
Snake ButteN 351°538 m3.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4519:1619:54
June solstice05:5820:4521:30
September equinox07:2919:0219:41
December solstice08:1516:1717:05

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192334465768757364493423
Precip in0.40.71.01.93.33.72.41.91.71.70.80.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pierre Rgnl AP, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/4659632380

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