Verdel Landing State Recreation Area
Verdel Landing State Recreation Area is a park in South Dakota, at a recorded elevation of 376 m. Ninemile Hill stands 575 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Niobrara National Scenic River, a park 3.0 miles away. Outlaw Trail passes 1.7 miles off. 35 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 376 m
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Outlaw Trail
35 named places within 25 miles
- Niobrara National Scenic River: 3.0 mi
- Sage Brothers Historical Marker: 8.0 mi
- Ponca Tribe Historical Marker: 8.0 mi
- Niobrara State Park: 8.2 mi
- Ferry Landing State Recreation Area: 9.8 mi
- Niobrara State Park: 6.7 mi
- Bohemia Prairie Wildlife Management Area: 10.8 mi
- John Emerson Wildlife Management Area: 13.8 mi
- John Emerson Wildlife Management Area: 14.1 mi
- Redbird State Wildlife Management Area: 15.2 mi
- Maidens Leap: 11.7 mi
- Stony Butte: 12.2 mi
- Old Baldy: 17.9 mi
- Ninemile Hill: 23.1 mi
- Ponca Tribe Museum: 8.5 mi
- Verdigre Heritage Museum: 17.3 mi
- Yankton Sioux Monument: 13.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Verdel Landing State Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ninemile Hill | WNW 291° | 575 m | 23.1 mi |
| Stony Butte | SSW 193° | 515 m | 12.2 mi |
| Old Baldy | WNW 294° | 483 m | 17.9 mi |
| Maidens Leap | ESE 117° | 394 m | 11.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:08 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:32 | 21:15 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 08:01 | 16:16 | 17:02 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 28 | 39 | 51 | 62 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 66 | 53 | 38 | 27 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Niobrara, 8 mi away.
- Long-billed Dowitcher1 obs
- Common Garter Snake1 obs
- Plains Sand Shiner1 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/357789890
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