Gitchie Manitou State Preserve

Gitchie Manitou State Preserve is a forest in Lyon, Iowa. Gitchie Manitou State Preserve is situated nearby to the hamlet Anderson Subdivision, as well as near East Sioux Falls.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Blood Run Site.

Blood Run Site

Archaeological site

The Blood Run Site is an archaeological site on the border of the US states of Iowa and South Dakota. The site was essentially populated for 8,500 years, within which earthworks structures were built by the Oneota Culture and occupied by descendant tribes such as the Ioway, Otoe, Missouri, and shared with Quapaw and later Kansa, Osage, and Omaha people. Blood Run Site is situated 2½ miles south of Gitchie Manitou State Preserve.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rowena and Granite.

Rowena

Hamlet

Photo: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Rowena is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place in Minnehaha County, South Dakota, United States. The population of the CDP was 68 at the 2020 United States census. Rowena is situated 2½ miles northeast of Gitchie Manitou State Preserve.

Granite

Hamlet

Granite is an unincorporated community in Sioux Township, Lyon County, Iowa, United States, near the historic Blood Run Site and the Gitchie Manitou State Preserve. Granite is situated 3 miles southeast of Gitchie Manitou State Preserve.

Shindler

Hamlet

Shindler is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lincoln County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 607 at the 2020 census. Shindler is situated 3 miles southwest of Gitchie Manitou State Preserve.

Gitchie Manitou State Preserve

Type: Forest
Location: Lyon, Iowa, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.49914° or 43° 29′ 57″ north

Longitude

-96.59755° or 96° 35′ 51″ west

Elevation

1,296 feet (395 metres)

Open location code

86M5FCX2+MX

GeoNames ID

4858413

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Anderson Subdivision and East Sioux Falls.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Gutchie Manitou State Monument Park and Monson Cemetery.

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