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Canning 22 GPA

Canning 22 GPA from directly overhead

Canning 22 GPA is a nature reserve in South Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 525 m. Medicine Knoll stands 619 m to the north-northeast, 5.0 miles off. Native American Scenic Byway passes 8.4 miles off. 41 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks

How to reach it

Coordinates44.40772, -100.07574

41 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 21
  • Rousseau Recreation and Overlook Area: 6.1 mi
  • Antelope Creek Recreation Area: 8.1 mi
  • DeGrey Lakeside Use Area: 11.7 mi
  • Devine Park: 13.0 mi
  • Pierre Marina Recreational Area: 13.6 mi
Peaks: 6
  • Medicine Knoll: 5.0 mi
  • Snake Butte: 13.6 mi
  • Fort George Butte: 14.0 mi
  • Snake Butte: 14.2 mi
  • Verendrye Hill: 15.6 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Historic sites: 4
  • Civil War Monument: 13.5 mi
  • Fighting Stallions: 13.6 mi
  • Fort Pierre Chouteau National Historic Landmark: 15.4 mi
  • Cedar Valley School: 16.4 mi
Museums: 3
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Canning 22 GPA. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Medicine KnollNNE 24°619 m5.0 mi
Fort George ButteSSE 169°597 m14.0 mi
Snake ButteW 276°584 m14.2 mi
Brown HillW 274°575 m18.9 mi
Snake ButteW 276°538 m13.6 mi
Verendrye HillWSW 257°504 m15.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4419:1419:53
June solstice05:5720:4421:29
September equinox07:2819:0119:40
December solstice08:1416:1617:04

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, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1481635310

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