Three Moccasin Park
Three Moccasin Park is a park in South Dakota, at a recorded elevation of 984 m. Rattlesnake Peak stands 1,203 m to the southeast, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Hubbard Butte, a peak 4.7 miles away. Bridges to Buttes Byway passes 20 miles off. 25 named places lie within 25 miles, 9 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 984 m
How to reach it
- 20.5 mi off the Bridges to Buttes Byway
- 26.2 mi off the Gold Rush Byway
25 named places within 25 miles
- Hubbard Butte: 4.7 mi
- Rattlesnake Peak: 7.2 mi
- Mount Maria: 9.7 mi
- Bomar Hill: 10.7 mi
- Evening Star Butte: 15.5 mi
- Sheridan County Historical Museum: 20.9 mi
- Museum of the Fur Trade: 22.6 mi
- Scamahorn Museum: 22.8 mi
- The Tri State Old Time Cowboys Memorial Museum: 22.8 mi
- Heritage Center II: 23.4 mi
- White Clay Park: 15.7 mi
- Modisett Park: 20.9 mi
- Wayland Park: 22.7 mi
- Winship Park: 22.8 mi
- Bordeaux Trading Post Historical Marker: 23.0 mi
- Red Cloud Heritage Center: 4.8 mi
- AH-1 Cobra Helicopter: 23.3 mi
- Wounded Knee cemetery: 13.5 mi
- Wounded Knee Massacre Site: 13.5 mi
- Beaver Wall: 11.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Three Moccasin Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rattlesnake Peak | SE 144° | 1,203 m | 7.2 mi |
| Bomar Hill | SSW 201° | 1,179 m | 10.7 mi |
| Hubbard Butte | WSW 248° | 1,152 m | 4.7 mi |
| Mount Maria | SSE 151° | 1,148 m | 9.7 mi |
| Evening Star Butte | SW 221° | 1,118 m | 15.5 mi |
| Porcupine Butte | NE 46° | 1,117 m | 16.7 mi |
| Lovers Leap | SW 230° | 1,097 m | 18.0 mi |
| Slim Butte / Pahá Zípela | WNW 286° | 1,089 m | 19.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:50 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:33 | 16:19 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 27 | 37 | 46 | 56 | 67 | 75 | 72 | 63 | 48 | 35 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pine Ridge AP, 2 mi away.
- White-flower Beardtongue3 obs
- chokecherry2 obs
- Alfalfa2 obs
- large-flowered beardtongue2 obs
- Blue Jay1 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird1 obs
- Lark Sparrow1 obs
- Ornate Box Turtle1 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/357088303
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