Nature reserve · South Dakota

Lechtenberg GPA

Lechtenberg GPA from directly overhead

Lechtenberg GPA is a nature reserve in South Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 482 m. Ree Hills stands 627 m to the south-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Reinhardt WPA, a nature reserve 5.3 miles away. 19 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

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

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.76798, -99.10126

Around it

19 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves7

Reinhardt WPA: 5.3 mi
Reinhardt GPA: 6.1 mi
Sprague GPA: 12.3 mi
Christianson WPA: 16.1 mi
Buss WPA: 17.1 mi

Peaks5

Garfield Peak: 5.4 mi
Sugar Loaf Hill: 11.5 mi
Waters Hill: 12.0 mi
Ree Hills: 20.0 mi
Bald Mountain: 22.6 mi

Beaches3

Lake Louise Campground Beach: 10.1 mi
Lake Louise Beach: 10.1 mi
stockdam shore: 18.0 mi

Parks3

Gerkin State Wildlife Refuge: 18.3 mi
Lake Fualkton State Game Refuge: 18.6 mi
Faulkton City Park: 18.6 mi

Attractions1

Pickler Mansion: 18.0 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Ree Hills	SSW 192°	627 m	20.0 mi
Waters Hill	NW 319°	619 m	12.0 mi
Sugar Loaf Hill	NNW 343°	597 m	11.5 mi
Garfield Peak	ENE 69°	472 m	5.4 mi
Bald Mountain	ENE 76°	450 m	22.6 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:40	19:10	19:49
June solstice	05:51	20:42	21:27
September equinox	07:24	18:57	19:36
December solstice	08:12	16:11	16:59

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	20	32	44	56	67	73	70	62	47	33	21
Precip in	0.4	0.8	0.9	2.2	3.5	3.9	3.0	2.5	1.9	2.0	0.6	0.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Miller, 18 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1481635317

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