Recreation Areas

Recreation Areas in South Dakota

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Facility Name Description Activities Badlands National Park Located in southwestern South Dakota, Badlands National Park consists of 244,000 acres of sharply eroded buttes, pinnacles and spires blended with the largest, protected mixed grass prairie in the  more... Autotouring , Biking , Camping , Hiking , Horseback Riding , Lodging , Museum/Visitor Center , Picnic , Restaurants and SnackBar , Wildlife Viewing , Winter Sports Black Hills Mining Museum For more than a century, gold mining has been the #1 industry in Lead and in the Northern Black Hills. Now that gold mining heritage is cleverly depicted in the Black Hills Mining Museum. The museum  more... Museum/Visitor Center Black Hills National Forest The name "Black Hills" comes from the Lakota words Paha Sapa, which mean "hills that are black". Seen from a distance, these pine-covered hills, rising several thousand feet above the surrounding  more... Autotouring , Camping , Climbing , Fishing , Hiking , Historic/Cultural Sites , Horseback Riding , Hunting , Museum/Visitor Center , Offhighway Vehicles , Pets , Picnic , Recreational Vehicles , Restaurants and SnackBar , Wildlife Viewing D.C. Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery Established in 1896, D.C. Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery, formerly Spearfish National Fish Hatchery, serves as a living fishery museum to the public and many organizations dedicated to fish  more... Fishing , Hiking , Museum/Visitor Center , Wildlife Viewing Fort Meade Recreation Area The Fort Meade Recreation Area is composed of approximately 6,700 acres of forest and grasslands. The area is managed to protect, preserve, and enhance its cultural, historic, recreational, and  more... Autotouring , Biking , Camping , Fishing , Hiking , Historic/Cultural Sites , Horseback Riding , Hunting , Pets , Picnic , Wildlife Viewing Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery The Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery (NFH) and Aquarium is located near Yankton, South Dakota. The hatchery is strategically located on the Missouri River near Lewis and Clark Lake. Gavins Point  more... Autotouring , Museum/Visitor Center , Wildlife Viewing Huron Wetland Management District The public lands of Huron Wetland Management District (WMD), called Waterfowl Production Areas (WPAs), are a part of the National Wildlife Refuge System. National wildlife refuges and WPAs are  more... Fishing , Hiking , Hunting Jewel Cave National Monument With more than 129 miles surveyed, Jewel Cave is recognized as the third longest cave in the world. Airflow within its passages indicates a vast area yet to be explored. Cave tours provide  more... Hiking , Museum/Visitor Center , Picnic , Wildlife Viewing Karl E. Mundt National Wildlife Refuge The Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge Complex consists of Lake Andes and Karl E. Mundt National Wildlife Refuges (NWR) and Lake Andes Wetland Management District (WMD). The Complex headquarters is  more... Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) was established in 1935 as a Refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife. The Refuge is located in Bennett County in southwestern South  more... Autotouring , Fishing , Hiking , Historic/Cultural Sites , Hunting , Wildlife Viewing

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