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Good Soldier Creek Recreation Area

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Elevation
437 m
Tallest summit within 25 miles
Medicine Butte640 m · 9.0 mi
Nearest byway
Native American Scenic Bywayon it
Sunset, June solstice
21:25local time
Coordinates
44.0358, -99.4487
Good Soldier Creek Recreation Area from directly overhead

Good Soldier Creek Recreation Area is a park in South Dakota, at a recorded 437 m. Medicine Butte stands 640 m to the west-southwest, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Tailwaters Recreation Area, a park 0.5 miles away. Native American Scenic Byway runs past it. 39 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

Elevation
437 m

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Good Soldier Creek Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Medicine ButteWSW 238°640 m9.0 mi
Red ButteSW 226°600 m18.5 mi
Lewis HillS 169°546 m5.8 mi

39 named places within 25 miles

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1219:50
June solstice05:5620:4121:25
September equinox07:2618:5919:37
December solstice08:1016:1617:03

Local time (America/Chicago).

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182233455868747364493522
Precip in0.50.50.91.83.23.82.82.22.01.60.40.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Sharpe PRJ, 2 mi away.

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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