Prairie Dog Bay
Prairie Dog Bay is a bay in Charles Mix, South Dakota. Prairie Dog Bay is situated nearby to the village Pickstown.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Randall Dam.
Fort Randall Dam
Dam
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Fort Randall Dam is a 2.03-mile-long earthen dam which spans the Missouri River and impounds Lake Francis Case, the 11th-largest reservoir in the U.S. The dam joins Gregory and Charles Mix counties, South Dakota, a distance of 880 river miles upstream of St. Louis, Missouri, where the river joins the Mississippi River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pickstown and Fort Randall.
Pickstown
Village
Pickstown is a town in southern Charles Mix County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 230 at the 2020 census. It was named after U.S. Army General Lewis A.
Fort Randall
Hamlet
The Fort Randall Military Post was established in 1856 to help keep peace on the frontier. It was located on the south side of the Missouri River in South Dakota, just below the present site of the Fort Randall Dam.
Lake Andes
Town
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Lake Andes is a city in, and the county seat of, Charles Mix County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 710 at the 2020 census. The town took its name from Lake Andes which some say derives its name from a pioneer hunter named Handy, while others believe was named after Edward Andes, a fur company official.
Prairie Dog Bay
- Type: Bay
- Address: SD
- Category: body of water
- Location: Charles Mix, South Dakota, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude
43.0775° or 43° 4′ 39″ northLongitude
-98.56119° or 98° 33′ 40″ westElevation
1,355 feet (413 metres)Open location code
86M33CGQ+XGOpenStreetMap ID
node 368393018OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
5230633
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