Medicine Knoll
Medicine Knoll rises to 619 m in South Dakota. Fort George Butte stands 597 m to the south, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Canning 22 GPA, a nature reserve 5.0 miles away. Native American Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off. 39 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in South Dakota, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49049082, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 619 m
How to reach it
- 13.4 mi off the Native American Scenic Byway, National
39 named places within 25 miles
- Rousseau Recreation and Overlook Area: 10.8 mi
- Woodruff Lake State Game Area: 12.7 mi
- Antelope Creek Recreation Area: 13.0 mi
- DeGrey Lakeside Use Area: 14.6 mi
- Devine Park: 16.6 mi
- Canning 22 GPA: 5.0 mi
- Dry Run 20 GPA: 11.3 mi
- Buckeye 10 GPA: 14.6 mi
- Hyde WPA: 14.7 mi
- Lake 2 GPA: 14.7 mi
- Snake Butte: 15.9 mi
- Fort George Butte: 18.3 mi
- Verendrye Hill: 19.0 mi
- Brown Hill: 21.1 mi
- Civil War Monument: 17.0 mi
- Fighting Stallions: 17.0 mi
- Fort Pierre Chouteau National Historic Landmark: 18.4 mi
- Cedar Valley School: 21.4 mi
- Cultural Heritage Center: 16.5 mi
- South Dakota National Guard Museum: 17.4 mi
- Fort Chouteau Museum: 18.7 mi
- Okobojo: 21.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Medicine Knoll. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort George Butte | S 178° | 597 m | 18.3 mi |
| Brown Hill | W 262° | 575 m | 21.1 mi |
| Snake Butte | WSW 259° | 538 m | 15.9 mi |
| Verendrye Hill | WSW 245° | 504 m | 19.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:44 | 19:14 | 19:53 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:44 | 21:29 |
| September equinox | 07:28 | 19:01 | 19:39 |
| December solstice | 08:14 | 16:16 | 17:04 |
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 | 15 | 20 | 32 | 43 | 55 | 66 | 73 | 71 | 62 | 46 | 31 | 19 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Harrold 12 SSW, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1265668 — Medicine Knoll, Hughes County, South Dakota.
OpenStreetMap element node/357098893
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