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Sioux Council Boy Scout Reservation

Sioux Council Boy Scout Reservation from directly overhead

Sioux Council Boy Scout Reservation is a park in South Dakota, at a recorded elevation of 446 m. Maidens Leap stands 394 m to the west-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Pebble Beach, a beach 0.4 miles away. Outlaw Trail passes 9.9 miles off. 62 named places lie within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
446 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.87222, -97.60173

62 named places within 25 miles

Historic sites: 4
Museums: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Pebble Beach: 0.4 mi
  • Hobie Cat Beach: 5.3 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Cliffs: 1
Peaks: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sioux Council Boy Scout Reservation. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Maidens LeapWSW 246°394 m19.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:0519:43
June solstice05:5320:3021:13
September equinox07:1818:5219:30
December solstice07:5916:1417:00

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202436485970747264503624
Precip in0.60.91.63.64.04.33.33.13.22.61.30.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Crofton, 11 mi away.

  • Common Loon2 obs
  • Isabella Tiger Moth2 obs
  • Wild Turkey1 obs
  • Northern Cardinal1 obs
  • Barred Owl1 obs
  • dame's rocket1 obs
  • eastern redcedar1 obs
  • Six-spotted Tiger Beetle1 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357087721

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