Park · South Dakota

Nichols State Public Shooting Area

Elevation: 536 m
Sunset, June solstice: 21:21local time
Coordinates: 44.9882, -97.4491

Nichols State Public Shooting Area from directly overhead

Nichols State Public Shooting Area is a park in South Dakota, at a recorded 536 m. The nearest named place is David Waterfowl Production Area, a nature reserve 1.7 miles away.

The record

Elevation: 536 m

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

North Stink Lake State Public Shooting Area: 2.0 mi
Warner Lake State Public Shooting Area: 2.9 mi
Codington County State Public Shooting Area: 3.6 mi
Stover State Public Shooting Area: 4.1 mi
Elmore State Public Shooting Area: 4.5 mi

Nature reserves33

David Waterfowl Production Area: 1.7 mi
North Nichols State Public Shooting Area: 2.1 mi
Bursvold-Darling Waterfowl Production Area: 2.4 mi
Scott Game Production Area: 2.4 mi
Roe Waterfowl Production Area: 2.8 mi

Attractions2

Showmobile: 14.1 mi
Legends: 17.3 mi

Historic sites1

Watertown Veterans Memorial: 14.2 mi

Museums1

Mellete House: 17.0 mi

Light

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:34	19:04	19:42
June solstice	05:44	20:36	21:21
September equinox	07:18	18:50	19:29
December solstice	08:06	16:03	16:52

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, 15 mi away.

Sources

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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