Park · South Dakota
Stairs Slough State Public Shooting Area
Stairs Slough State Public Shooting Area is a park in South Dakota, at a recorded elevation of 546 m. The nearest named place is Stairs Slough Game Production Area, a nature reserve less than a tenth of a mile away. 82 named places lie within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 546 m
How to reach it
Coordinates44.77941, -97.71370
82 named places within 25 miles
Parks: 54
- Christopherson State Public Shooting Area: 4.8 mi
- Foxton State Public Shooting Area: 7.1 mi
- Dry Lake Number 2 State Public Shooting Area: 7.1 mi
- Valberg-Lamb State Public Shooting Area: 7.4 mi
- McPeek State Public Shooting Area: 7.6 mi
Nature reserves: 28
- Stairs Slough Game Production Area: 0.0 mi
- Lamb Waterfowl Production Area: 1.8 mi
- Wells Waterfowl Production Area: 4.8 mi
- Fordham Game Production Area: 10.6 mi
- Austin Waterfowl Production Area: 13.0 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:05 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 20:36 | 21:21 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 08:06 | 16:05 | 16:53 |
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 | 17 | 29 | 42 | 56 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 60 | 46 | 31 | 18 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clark, 7 mi away.
- Strawberry Root Weevil3 obs
- Roundneck Sexton Beetle2 obs
- Ulke's Mound Ant2 obs
- Tomentose Burying Beetle2 obs
- Shortened Minute Rove Beetle2 obs
- Scooped Scarab2 obs
- Odorous House Ant1 obs
- common milkweed1 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357087973
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