Nature reserve · South Dakota

Sprague GPA

Sprague GPA from directly overhead

Sprague GPA is a nature reserve in South Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 434 m. Waters Hill stands 619 m to the west, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Christianson WPA, a nature reserve 3.8 miles away. 22 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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Coordinates44.92315, -98.97724

Around it

22 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves8

Christianson WPA: 3.8 mi
Reinhardt GPA: 7.7 mi
Reinhardt WPA: 8.2 mi
Buss WPA: 8.8 mi
Lechtenberg GPA: 12.3 mi

Parks5

Gerkin State Wildlife Refuge: 6.1 mi
Faulkton City Park: 10.7 mi
Lake Fualkton State Game Refuge: 12.2 mi
Council Rock: 22.7 mi
Abigail Gardner Rescue Site: 22.7 mi

Peaks5

Garfield Peak: 8.9 mi
Sugar Loaf Hill: 9.5 mi
Waters Hill: 14.0 mi
Bald Mountain: 16.6 mi
Redfield Hills: 23.4 mi

Beaches2

Lake Louise Campground Beach: 22.1 mi
Lake Louise Beach: 22.1 mi

Attractions1

Pickler Mansion: 10.2 mi

Museums1

Spink County Museum: 22.9 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Waters Hill	W 263°	619 m	14.0 mi
Sugar Loaf Hill	W 272°	597 m	9.5 mi
Garfield Peak	S 187°	472 m	8.9 mi
Bald Mountain	ESE 108°	450 m	16.6 mi
Redfield Hills	ESE 105°	403 m	23.4 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:40	19:10	19:48
June solstice	05:50	20:41	21:27
September equinox	07:24	18:57	19:35
December solstice	08:12	16:09	16:58

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	14	18	30	44	56	66	72	70	61	46	32	19
Precip in	0.7	0.8	1.0	2.0	3.2	3.6	2.7	2.7	2.0	1.9	0.8	0.6

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1481638350

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