Cottonwood Recreation Area
Cottonwood Recreation Area is a park in South Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 359 m. Maidens Leap stands 394 m to the west-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Pierson Ranch Recreation Area, a park 0.8 miles away. Outlaw Trail passes 9.1 miles off. 59 named places lie within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 9.1 mi off the Outlaw Trail
59 named places within 25 miles
- Pierson Ranch Recreation Area: 0.8 mi
- Chief White Crane Recreation Area: 1.0 mi
- South Shore Recreation Area: 1.1 mi
- Tatanka State Wildlife Management Area: 1.9 mi
- Lewis & Clark Recreation Area: 1.9 mi
- Gayville Veterans Memorial: 15.8 mi
- Wynot Area Veterans Memorial: 17.9 mi
- Hartington, Home of Two Nebraska Governors Historical Marker: 19.8 mi
- Cedar County Historical Marker: 19.9 mi
- Hobie Cat Beach: 1.1 mi
- Pebble Beach: 5.9 mi
- Mead Museum / Dakota Territorial Museum: 5.4 mi
- Cedar County Historical Museum: 19.8 mi
- Calumet Bluff: 0.9 mi
- Maidens Leap: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cottonwood Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maidens Leap | WSW 253° | 394 m | 24.8 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, 6 mi away.
- Bald Eagle22 obs
- Canada Goose22 obs
- American Coot17 obs
- Wild Turkey16 obs
- Killdeer13 obs
- American White Pelican12 obs
- Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel11 obs
- Eastern Kingbird10 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/122454404
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