Park · South Dakota
Chief White Crane Recreation Area
Chief White Crane Recreation Area is a park in South Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 359 m. The nearest named place is Calumet Bluff, a cliff 0.7 miles away. Outlaw Trail passes 8.7 miles off. 57 named places lie within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Coordinates42.85477, -97.46333
- 8.7 mi off the Outlaw Trail
57 named places within 25 miles
Parks: 46
- Cottonwood Recreation Area: 1.0 mi
- South Shore Recreation Area: 1.3 mi
- Pierson Ranch Recreation Area: 1.6 mi
- Tatanka State Wildlife Management Area: 1.8 mi
- Hideaway Acres State Recreation Area: 2.6 mi
Historic sites: 4
- Gayville Veterans Memorial: 15.0 mi
- Wynot Area Veterans Memorial: 16.9 mi
- Hartington, Home of Two Nebraska Governors Historical Marker: 19.0 mi
- Cedar County Historical Marker: 19.1 mi
Beaches: 2
- Hobie Cat Beach: 2.0 mi
- Pebble Beach: 6.8 mi
Museums: 2
- Mead Museum / Dakota Territorial Museum: 5.1 mi
- Cedar County Historical Museum: 19.0 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Cliffs: 1
- Calumet Bluff: 0.7 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:05 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 20:30 | 21:13 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:52 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:58 | 16:13 | 16:59 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 25 | 36 | 48 | 60 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 65 | 51 | 36 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yankton 2 E, 5 mi away.
- Bald Eagle22 obs
- Wild Turkey14 obs
- American White Pelican12 obs
- Canada Goose10 obs
- Belted Kingfisher9 obs
- Great Plains yucca9 obs
- American Coot8 obs
- Trumpeter Swan8 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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