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Hyde WPA

Hyde WPA from directly overhead

Hyde WPA is a nature reserve in South Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 515 m. Standing Butte stands 676 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Buckeye 10 GPA, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Native American Scenic Byway passes 4.7 miles off. 40 named places lie within 25 miles, 9 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.43715, -100.32787
Around it

40 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 19
  • Tailrace Recreation Area: 2.9 mi
  • Oahe Downstream Recreation Area: 3.1 mi
  • Oahe Downstream Recreation Area: 3.1 mi
  • Overlook Recreation Area: 3.2 mi
  • East Shore Recreation Area: 4.1 mi
Peaks: 9
  • Snake Butte: 1.3 mi
  • Snake Butte: 1.9 mi
  • Verendrye Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Brown Hill: 6.4 mi
  • Willow Creek Butte: 14.2 mi
Nature reserves: 4
Historic sites: 4
  • Fort Pierre Chouteau National Historic Landmark: 4.3 mi
  • Fighting Stallions: 5.0 mi
  • Civil War Monument: 5.1 mi
  • Cedar Valley School: 17.6 mi
Museums: 3
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Standing ButteWNW 293°676 m24.5 mi
Willow Creek ButteWSW 256°635 m14.2 mi
Murray ButteWSW 243°622 m23.1 mi
Medicine KnollE 80°619 m14.7 mi
Fort George ButteSE 136°597 m21.9 mi
Snake ButteWSW 249°584 m1.9 mi
Brown HillW 265°575 m6.4 mi
Snake ButteWSW 240°538 m1.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4519:1519:54
June solstice05:5820:4521:30
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 °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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1481635306

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