Spirit Mound Historic Prairie
Spirit Mound Historic Prairie is a park in South Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 370 m. Boy Scout Hill stands 430 m to the south-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Spirit Mound, a peak 0.1 miles away. Outlaw Trail passes 13 miles off. 71 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 12.7 mi off the Outlaw Trail
- 19.5 mi off the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
71 named places within 25 miles
- Rotary Park: 5.8 mi
- Lion's Park: 6.1 mi
- Barstow Park: 6.1 mi
- Prentis Park: 6.7 mi
- JC Park: 6.8 mi
- Spirit Mound: 0.1 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 13.7 mi
- Pumpkin Hill: 13.9 mi
- Volcano Hill: 14.4 mi
- Indian Hill: 15.5 mi
- W. H. Over Museum: 5.9 mi
- National Music Museum: 6.5 mi
- Austin-Whittemore House Museum: 6.6 mi
- Union County Historical Museum: 18.5 mi
- Daneville Heritage Museum: 21.5 mi
- Wiseman State Wildlife Management Area: 10.7 mi
- Buckskin Hills State Wildlife Management Area: 17.1 mi
- River's Bend Wildlife Area: 19.5 mi
- Elk Point Bend State Wildlife Management Area: 20.3 mi
- Chalkrock State Wildlife Management Area: 21.7 mi
- Dick and Gertrude Havelaar: 9.8 mi
- Gayville Veterans Memorial: 10.8 mi
- Wynot Area Veterans Memorial: 14.1 mi
- Ionia 'Volcano' Historical Marker: 15.9 mi
- Cedar County Historical Marker: 23.3 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 6.4 mi
- HyVee Garden: 6.7 mi
- Emmet: 12.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Spirit Mound Historic Prairie. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boy Scout Hill | SSE 152° | 430 m | 16.1 mi |
| Pumpkin Hill | SSE 158° | 429 m | 13.9 mi |
| Indian Hill | SSE 152° | 426 m | 15.5 mi |
| Lookout Hill | SE 146° | 411 m | 22.7 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | SSE 154° | 395 m | 13.7 mi |
| Spirit Mound | NNE 29° | 390 m | 0.1 mi |
| Volcano Hill | SSE 152° | 382 m | 14.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:03 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:28 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:50 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 16:11 | 16:57 |
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 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 71 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 52 | 37 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vermillion 2 SE, 8 mi away.
- cup plant16 obs
- butterfly milkweed9 obs
- compass plant8 obs
- partridge pea7 obs
- large-flowered beardtongue6 obs
- Gray Copper6 obs
- Lincoln's Sparrow5 obs
- grey-headed coneflower5 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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