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Big Sioux Recreation Area - SD GF&P Big Sioux Recreation Area is a South Dakota state recreation area in Minnehaha County , South Dakota in the United States. The recreation area is named for the Big Sioux River which flows through the park.
The Big Sioux River is a tributary of the Missouri River in eastern South Dakota and northwestern Iowa in the United States. [2] It flows generally southwardly for 419 mi (674 km), [3] and its watershed is 9,006 sq mi (23,330 km 2). [1] The United States Board on Geographic Names settled on "Big Sioux River" as the stream's name in 1931. [4]
In December 2011, South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard announced that an agreement was reached on the purchase option for 324 acres in the Blood Run Historical Landmark area on the Lincoln County, S.D., side of the Big Sioux River. "South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks, the Parks and Wildlife Foundation and The Conservation Fund to ...
Good Earth State Park is a South Dakota State Park in Lincoln County, South Dakota in the United States along the Big Sioux River. [1] The park is open for year-round recreation including hiking. [2] The park includes the Blood Run Site, a National Historic Landmark significant for its history as a settlement for thousands of Native Americans. [3]
More info:Facebook event page, online at gfp.sd.gov/parks or call (605) 213-1036. Earth Day Trail Cleanup ... A map of the cleanup trail can be found here. ... Big Sioux Brew is $7 a pint or $13 ...
Map of Siouxland from the novel "This Is the Year" by Feike Feikema (Frederick Manfred), who defined "this area where state lines have not been important" and coined the name in 1946. Siouxland is a vernacular region that encompasses the entire Big Sioux River drainage basin in the U.S. states of South Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska and Iowa. [1]
The maps themselves represent potential routes, not planned ones.
Skunk Creek is a tributary of the Big Sioux River, located in the southeastern South Dakota counties of Lake, Moody, and Minnehaha. It has a confluence with the Big Sioux in the west central area of Sioux Falls. [2] Skunk Creek was a natural habitat of skunks, hence the name. [3]