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Medicine Knoll

Medicine Knoll, seen from above at true elevation

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. 41 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 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

Coordinates44.47387, -100.03429

41 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 21
  • 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
Nature reserves: 7
Peaks: 5
  • Snake Butte: 15.9 mi
  • Snake Butte: 16.5 mi
  • Fort George Butte: 18.3 mi
  • Verendrye Hill: 19.0 mi
  • Brown Hill: 21.1 mi
Historic sites: 4
  • 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
Museums: 3
Ghost towns: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fort George ButteS 178°597 m18.3 mi
Snake ButteW 259°584 m16.5 mi
Brown HillW 262°575 m21.1 mi
Snake ButteWSW 259°538 m15.9 mi
Verendrye HillWSW 245°504 m19.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4419:1419:53
June solstice05:5620:4421:29
September equinox07:2819:0119:39
December solstice08:1416:1617:04

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F152032435566737162463119
Precip in0.50.40.81.92.73.32.71.91.81.40.50.5

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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