South Shore Recreation Area

South Shore Recreation Area is a park in Gregory, South Dakota. South Shore Recreation Area is situated nearby to the hamlet Fort Randall, as well as near the village Pickstown.

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. Fort Randall Dam is situated 2 miles east of South Shore Recreation Area.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fort Randall and Pickstown.

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. Fort Randall is situated 2½ miles southwest of South Shore Recreation Area.

Pickstown

Village

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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. Pickstown is situated 3½ miles east of South Shore Recreation Area.

South Shore Recreation Area

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: Gregory, South Dakota, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.05027° or 43° 3′ 1″ north

Longitude

-98.59536° or 98° 35′ 43″ west

Elevation

1,529 feet (466 metres)

Open location code

86M33C23+4V

OpenStreetMap ID

node 357087851

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

5231964

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