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Hunter Granite Game Production Area

Hunter Granite Game Production Area from directly overhead

Hunter Granite Game Production Area is a nature reserve in South Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 330 m. Punished Womans Mound stands 633 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Miller Waterfowl Production Area, a nature reserve 2.0 miles away. Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway passes 6.8 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

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

How to reach it

Coordinates45.21049, -96.51733

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 29
  • Flynn Nature Trail: 4.7 mi
  • Grant County Veterans Memorial Park: 5.2 mi
  • Hurly Park: 5.3 mi
  • Flynn Park: 5.3 mi
  • Pribyl Park: 5.7 mi
Museums: 7
  • Old School Museums: 5.7 mi
  • Grant County Historical Museum: 5.7 mi
  • Valley Queen Heritage Center: 5.8 mi
  • Big Stone County Historical Society Museum: 7.3 mi
  • Grant County Historical Society Agricultural Museum: 15.8 mi
Peaks: 3
  • Big Tom Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Mount Wickham: 18.9 mi
  • Punished Womans Mound: 22.4 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Paul Bunyan's Boat-Anchor: 7.3 mi
  • Boat: 7.3 mi
Beaches: 2
  • South Beach: 22.0 mi
  • North Beach: 22.3 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Milbank Grist Mill: 5.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hunter Granite Game Production Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Punished Womans MoundWSW 245°633 m22.4 mi
Big Tom HillSE 145°356 m2.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0019:39
June solstice05:3920:3221:18
September equinox07:1418:4719:25
December solstice08:0315:5816:47

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F121628435667716860463118
Precip in0.70.71.22.42.93.93.83.22.62.30.90.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Milbank, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1486417223

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