Nature reserve · South Dakota

Buss WPA

Buss WPA from directly overhead

Buss WPA is a nature reserve in South Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 417 m. Waters Hill stands 619 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Blad Mountain Game Production Area, a nature reserve 7.3 miles away. 22 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.89518, -98.80139

Around it

22 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves9

Blad Mountain Game Production Area: 7.3 mi
Christianson WPA: 7.8 mi
Sprague GPA: 8.8 mi
Becker Waterfowl Production Area: 9.8 mi
Jesson WPA: 10.9 mi

Peaks5

Bald Mountain: 7.9 mi
Garfield Peak: 11.8 mi
Redfield Hills: 14.6 mi
Sugar Loaf Hill: 18.2 mi
Waters Hill: 22.6 mi

Parks5

Gerkin State Wildlife Refuge: 10.1 mi
Abigail Gardner Rescue Site: 14.2 mi
Council Rock: 14.3 mi
Faulkton City Park: 18.7 mi
Lake Fualkton State Game Refuge: 20.6 mi

Museums1

Spink County Museum: 14.1 mi

Attractions1

Pickler Mansion: 18.3 mi

Beaches1

Lake Louise Campground Beach: 24.8 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Waters Hill	W 271°	619 m	22.6 mi
Sugar Loaf Hill	W 277°	597 m	18.2 mi
Garfield Peak	SW 234°	472 m	11.8 mi
Bald Mountain	ESE 114°	450 m	7.9 mi
Redfield Hills	ESE 107°	403 m	14.6 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:39	19:09	19:48
June solstice	05:50	20:41	21:26
September equinox	07:23	18:56	19:35
December solstice	08:11	16:09	16:57

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	13	17	31	44	57	67	72	70	61	46	31	19
Precip in	0.5	0.6	0.9	2.1	3.3	4.1	3.3	2.7	2.0	2.0	0.7	0.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Redfield, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1481638352

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