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Nature reserve · South Dakota

Gutenkauf GPA

Gutenkauf GPA from directly overhead

Gutenkauf GPA is a nature reserve in South Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 524 m. Standing Butte stands 676 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Tailrace Recreation Area, a park 1.1 miles away. Native American Scenic Byway passes 4.1 miles off. 40 named places lie within 25 miles, 9 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

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

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.44484, -100.36327
Around it

40 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 19
  • Tailrace Recreation Area: 1.1 mi
  • Overlook Recreation Area: 1.5 mi
  • Oahe Downstream Recreation Area: 1.5 mi
  • Oahe Downstream Recreation Area: 1.9 mi
  • East Shore Recreation Area: 2.4 mi
Peaks: 9
  • Snake Butte: 1.2 mi
  • Snake Butte: 1.3 mi
  • Brown Hill: 4.8 mi
  • Verendrye Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Willow Creek Butte: 12.6 mi
Nature reserves: 4
Historic sites: 4
  • Fort Pierre Chouteau National Historic Landmark: 3.9 mi
  • Fighting Stallions: 5.5 mi
  • Civil War Monument: 5.7 mi
  • Cedar Valley School: 18.6 mi
Museums: 3
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Standing ButteWNW 294°676 m22.7 mi
Willow Creek ButteWSW 252°635 m12.6 mi
Murray ButteWSW 239°622 m21.9 mi
Medicine KnollE 83°619 m16.3 mi
Fort George ButteSE 134°597 m23.5 mi
Snake ButteS 179°584 m1.2 mi
Brown HillWSW 256°575 m4.8 mi
Snake ButteSSE 152°538 m1.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4519:1619:54
June solstice05:5820:4621:30
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 °F192333455768757364493523
Precip in0.40.60.81.83.23.32.62.31.61.60.50.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oahe DAM, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1481635307

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