Nature reserve · South Dakota

Thompson WPA

Thompson WPA from directly overhead

Thompson WPA is a nature reserve in South Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 542 m. Punished Womans Mound stands 633 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Neal WPA, a nature reserve 3.3 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.12862, -97.20000

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

American Game Association State Public Shooting Area: 7.7 mi
Dry Lake State Public Shooting Area: 8.1 mi
Donnelly State Public Shooting Area: 8.7 mi
Horseshoe Lake State Public Shooting Area: 11.9 mi
McKillicans Lake State Public Shooting Area: 12.3 mi

Nature reserves33

Neal WPA: 3.3 mi
Markve (Lonesome Lake) GPA: 3.5 mi
Moe WPA: 4.2 mi
Bach GPA: 6.9 mi
Dayton GPA: 10.2 mi

Attractions2

Showmobile: 13.6 mi
Legends: 16.8 mi

Museums2

Mellete House: 15.8 mi
Grant County Historical Society Agricultural Museum: 19.6 mi

Historic sites1

Watertown Veterans Memorial: 13.5 mi

Peaks1

Punished Womans Mound: 13.6 mi

Artworks1

Teepee: 20.9 mi

Rest areas1

Whetstone Valley Rest Area: 21.0 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Punished Womans Mound	ESE 107°	633 m	13.6 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:33	19:03	19:41
June solstice	05:42	20:35	21:20
September equinox	07:17	18:49	19:28
December solstice	08:05	16:01	16:50

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	28	42	56	66	71	68	59	46	31	18
Precip in	0.7	0.7	1.1	2.3	2.7	3.2	3.6	2.7	2.7	2.3	0.8	0.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rauville 2 W, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1481601595

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