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Marquardt GPA

Marquardt GPA from directly overhead

Marquardt GPA is a nature reserve in South Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 573 m. Punished Womans Mound stands 633 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Gome GPA, a nature reserve 1.2 miles away. Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway passes 27 miles off. 116 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

What to expect

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

How to reach it

Coordinates44.87830, -96.77856

116 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 52
  • Lake Sutton State Public Shooting Areas: 7.3 mi
  • Lone Tree Lake State Public Shooting Area: 9.9 mi
  • Mud Lake State Public Shooting Area: 10.4 mi
  • Troy Lake State Public Shooting Area: 11.0 mi
  • Mud Lake State Public Shooting Area: 12.0 mi
Museums: 5
  • Grant County Historical Society Agricultural Museum: 15.2 mi
  • Mellete House: 16.9 mi
  • Old School Museums: 24.6 mi
  • Grant County Historical Museum: 24.6 mi
  • Valley Queen Heritage Center: 24.7 mi
Peaks: 3
  • Buffalo Hill: 5.3 mi
  • Punished Womans Mound: 15.3 mi
  • Mount Wickham: 21.1 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Legends: 16.9 mi
  • Showmobile: 19.5 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Watertown Veterans Memorial: 19.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Punished Womans MoundNNW 330°633 m15.3 mi
Buffalo HillSW 217°610 m5.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0119:40
June solstice05:4220:3321:18
September equinox07:1518:4819:26
December solstice08:0316:0116:49

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F121628425565706860453117
Precip in0.70.81.52.53.44.53.33.43.02.41.10.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clear Lake, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1481582669

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