Cottonwood Recreation Area
Cottonwood Recreation Area is a park in Yankton, South Dakota. Cottonwood Recreation Area is situated nearby to the hamlet Fairview Heights, as well as near Northshore Development.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pierson Ranch Recreation Area and Chief White Crane Recreation Area.
Pierson Ranch Recreation Area
Park
Pierson Ranch Recreation Area is a state recreation area in Yankton County, South Dakota in the United States. The recreation area is 60 acres and lies directly below Gavins Point Dam and Lewis and Clark Lake and is adjacent to Lake Yankton.
Chief White Crane Recreation Area
Park
Chief White Crane Recreation Area is a state recreation area in southeastern South Dakota, United States. It is located about 5 miles west of Yankton and located on the shores of the Missouri River and Lake Yankton.
Gavins Point Dam
Industrial building
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Gavins Point Dam is a 1.9-mile-long embankment rolled-earth and chalk-fill dam which spans the Missouri River and impounds Lewis and Clark Lake. The dam joins Cedar County, Nebraska with Yankton County, South Dakota a distance of 811.1 river miles upstream of St.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South Yankton and Yankton.
South Yankton
Hamlet
South Yankton is a populated place in Cedar County, Nebraska, United States, located just south of Yankton, South Dakota, on U.S. Route 81. Gavins Point Dam is located four miles west of South Yankton on Nebraska Highway 121. South Yankton is situated 4½ miles east of Cottonwood Recreation Area.
Yankton
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Yankton is a city in and the county seat of Yankton County, South Dakota, United States. It became a city in 1889. The population was 15,411 at the 2020 census, making it the 7th most populous city in South Dakota, and it is the principal city of the Yankton…
Green Island
Locality
Green Island, 10.5 square miles of land in northwestern Cedar County, Nebraska bordering the Missouri River across from Yankton, SD, was home to Strahmburg a former town on the island. Green Island is situated 5 miles east of Cottonwood Recreation Area.
Cottonwood Recreation Area
- Type: Park
- Description: park in Yankton County, South Dakota, United States of America
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Yankton, South Dakota, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.86079° or 42° 51′ 39″ northLongitude
-97.48248° or 97° 28′ 57″ westElevation
1,181 feet (360 metres)Open location code
86J4VG69+82OpenStreetMap ID
way 122454404OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fish Cleaning Station and Gavins Point Visitor Center.
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