Nature reserve · South Dakota

Cowan WPA

Cowan WPA from directly overhead

Cowan WPA is a nature reserve in South Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 608 m. Ree Hills stands 627 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Harter WPA, a nature reserve 1.6 miles away. Native American Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off. 20 named places lie within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.41954, -99.50339

24.1 mi off the Native American Scenic Byway, National

Around it

20 named places within 25 miles

Parks12

Woodruff Lake State Game Area: 14.9 mi
North Bend Lakeside Use Area: 16.1 mi
Hawkins State Public Shooting Area: 19.1 mi
Collins Slough State Public Shooting Area: 19.3 mi
Curtis State Public Shooting Area: 20.6 mi

Nature reserves4

Harter WPA: 1.6 mi
Highmore GPA: 5.5 mi
Elk 6 GPA: 20.4 mi
Lake 2 GPA: 21.1 mi

Beaches3

stockdam shore: 14.6 mi
Lake Louise Beach: 22.9 mi
Lake Louise Campground Beach: 23.1 mi

Peaks1

Ree Hills: 16.5 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Ree Hills	ENE 74°	627 m	16.5 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:42	19:12	19:51
June solstice	05:54	20:42	21:27
September equinox	07:26	18:59	19:37
December solstice	08:12	16:14	17:02

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	17	21	33	46	57	67	73	72	63	48	33	21
Precip in	0.4	0.6	1.1	2.5	3.7	4.0	3.0	2.6	2.0	1.9	0.6	0.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Highmore, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1481635314

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