Nature reserve · South Dakota

Pelican Lake South GPA

Pelican Lake South GPA from directly overhead

Pelican Lake South GPA is a nature reserve in South Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 527 m. Punished Womans Mound stands 633 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Pelican Park, a park 0.9 miles away. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

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

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.87134, -97.14151

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Pelican Park: 0.9 mi
Mallard Cove Park: 1.1 mi
Hanten Park: 1.5 mi
Pelican View Park: 1.7 mi
McLaughlin Nature Area: 1.8 mi

Nature reserves40

Eckman GPA: 7.3 mi
Christopherson - Codington GPA: 7.6 mi
Coplan WPA: 8.7 mi
Swan WPA: 8.8 mi
Bach GPA: 11.2 mi

Museums5

Mellete House: 2.7 mi
Lake Norden Historical Society Museums: 20.3 mi
Donald Christman Toy Museum: 20.4 mi
Salo Hall - South Dakota Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame: 20.4 mi
Grant County Historical Society Agricultural Museum: 22.9 mi

Attractions2

Legends: 1.6 mi
Showmobile: 4.5 mi

Historic sites2

Watertown Veterans Memorial: 4.6 mi
Armed Services Memorial: 20.3 mi

Peaks2

Buffalo Hill: 15.1 mi
Punished Womans Mound: 17.1 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Punished Womans Mound	NE 36°	633 m	17.1 mi
Buffalo Hill	ESE 104°	610 m	15.1 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:33	19:02	19:41
June solstice	05:43	20:34	21:19
September equinox	07:16	18:49	19:28
December solstice	08:04	16:02	16:51

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	12	16	29	43	56	66	71	69	60	46	31	18
Precip in	0.6	0.6	1.0	2.1	2.9	3.8	3.1	2.9	2.5	2.0	0.7	0.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Watertown Rgnl AP, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1481574099

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