West Shore Recreation Area
West Shore Recreation Area is a park in Stanley, South Dakota. West Shore Recreation Area is situated nearby to the hamlet Oahe.Places of Interest
Highlights include Oahe Dam.
Oahe Dam
Dam
Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Oahe Dam is a large earthen dam on the Missouri River, just north of Pierre, South Dakota, United States. Begun in 1948 and opened in 1962, the dam creates Lake Oahe, the fourth-largest man-made reservoir in the United States. Oahe Dam is situated 2½ miles east of West Shore Recreation Area.
West Shore Recreation Area
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Stanley, South Dakota, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.45081° or 44° 27′ 3″ northLongitude
-100.45097° or 100° 27′ 4″ westElevation
1,654 feet (504 metres)Open location code
85PXFG2X+8JOpenStreetMap ID
node 357088950OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
5770263
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