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Great Plains

The Great Plains of the consist primarily of wide open grasslands between the Rocky Mountains and the forests of the . While most of the land consists of farms and pastures, the Great Plains are also home to the , with the iconic Mount Rushmore.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Oklahoma City and Oklahoma.

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is the capital and principal city of the state of in the central region of the state. The sprawling city and its suburbs offer multiple sports venues, museums, regional food, and a mix of Native American and cowboy culture.

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is a state in the Great Plains region of the . has a rich Native American past. There are all kinds of activities available from hunting, fishing, hiking, to gambling in one of the hundred or so casinos and bingo parlors, and metro activities in and …

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is the largest city in the state of , with about 486,000 residents in 2020. Tourist attractions in include history, sports, outdoors and cultural experiences.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as North Dakota and Kansas.

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is a state in the Great Plains of the . Since Lewis and Clark wintered here along the Missouri River, the land has become known for its rugged badlands in the west, fertile farmlands in the east, and ample hunting and fishing throughout.

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is a state in the Great Plains region of the . Thanks to The Wizard of Oz, many non-Kansans think of it as a place from which to escape; however, there are a lot of great places to visit, particularly if you are interested in the history of the American West.

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is a state in the Great Plains region of the . has a reputation of being a flat, monotonous region of farm and ranch land, but this stereotype has come from the many people who drive across on the Interstate 80 corridor.

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is a state in the Great Plains of the . is most known for Mount Rushmore, where sculptor Gutzon Borglum carved the 60-foot faces of four American presidents into the side of a granite mountain.

Great Plains

Latitude of center
39.4169° or 39° 25′ 1″ north
Longitude of center
-101.2921° or 101° 17′ 32″ west
Population
9,450,000
Elevation
2,933 feet (894 metres)
Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
12212750
Wiki­data ID
Q12707
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Great Plains” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Groot Vlaktes”
  • Arabic: “السهول الكبرى”
  • Armenian: “Մեծ հարթավայրեր”
  • Armenian: “Մեծ Հարթավայրեր”
  • Asturian: “Grandes Enllanaes”
  • Asturian: “Grandes Llanures”
  • Azerbaijani: “Böyük Düzənliklər”
  • Basque: “Ordoki Handiak”
  • Basque: “Zabaldi handiak”
  • Belarusian: “Вялікія раўніны”
  • Bengali: “গ্রেট প্লেইনস”
  • Bhojpuri: “ग्रेट प्लेन्स”
  • Bosnian: “Velika nizija”
  • Bosnian: “Velika nizina”
  • Breton: “Plaenennoù Bras”
  • Bulgarian: “Големи равнини”
  • Catalan: “Grans Planes”
  • Cebuano: “Great Plains (patag sa Estados Unidos, Kansas)”
  • Cebuano: “Great Plains”
  • Chinese: “Tōa Pêⁿ-po͘”
  • Chinese: “北美大平原”
  • Chinese: “大平原”
  • Croatian: “Velika nizina”
  • Czech: “Velké pláně”
  • Czech: “Velké planiny”
  • Czech: “Velké prérie”
  • Czech: “Velké roviny”
  • Danish: “Great Plains”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Deştê Gırd”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Deştê Gırdi”
  • Dutch: “Great Plains”
  • Esperanto: “Nordamerikaj Grandaj Ebenaĵoj”
  • Estonian: “Suur tasandik”
  • Faroese: “Stóru Grasfløturnar”
  • Finnish: “Great Plains”
  • Finnish: “Suuret tasangot”
  • French: “Grandes Plaines”
  • Galician: “Grandes Planicies”
  • Georgian: “დიდი ვაკეები”
  • German: “Great Plains”
  • German: “Große Ebenen”
  • Greek: “Μεγάλες Πεδιάδες”
  • Hebrew: “המישורים הגדולים”
  • Hebrew: “מדינות חבל המישורים הגדולים”
  • Hindi: “कनाडा तथा संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका का ग्रेट प्लेन”
  • Hindi: “ग्रेट प्लेन”
  • Icelandic: “Slétturnar miklu”
  • Ido: “Granda Planaji”
  • Inari Sami: “Stuorrâ tuolbâdâsah”
  • Indonesian: “Dataran Besar Amerika Utara”
  • Indonesian: “Great Plains”
  • Irish: “Na Machairí Móra”
  • Italian: “Grandi Pianure”
  • Japanese: “グレートプレーンズ”
  • Kazakh: “Ұлы жазықтар”
  • Korean: “그레이트플레인스”
  • Latin: “Magnae Planities”
  • Latvian: “Lielie līdzenumi”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Planos Grande”
  • Lithuanian: “Didžiosios lygumos”
  • Luxembourgish: “Great Plains”
  • Macedonian: “Голема Низина”
  • Macedonian: “Големи Рамнини”
  • Malagasy: “Great Plains”
  • Malay: “Great Plains”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tōa Pêⁿ-po͘”
  • Navajo: “Halgai Hóteelígíí”
  • Northern Frisian: “Great Plains”
  • Northern Sami: “Viiddis jalgadasat”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Great Plains”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Great Plains”
  • Norwegian: “Great Plains”
  • Persian: “دشت بزرگ”
  • Persian: “دشت‌های بزرگ”
  • Polish: “Wielka Równina Prerii”
  • Polish: “Wielkie Równiny”
  • Polish: “Wyżyna Wielkie Równiny”
  • Portuguese: “Grandes Planícies”
  • Romanian: “Marile Câmpii”
  • Russian: “Великие равнины”
  • Russian: “Великие Равнины”
  • Scots: “Great Plains”
  • Serbian: “Велике равнице”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Velika nizina”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Velike ravnice”
  • Slovak: “Veľké prérie”
  • Slovenian: “Great Plains”
  • Slovenian: “Prerija”
  • Slovenian: “Prerije”
  • Slovenian: “Velika nižina”
  • Slovenian: “Velika planjava”
  • Slovenian: “Velika ravnica”
  • Slovenian: “Velike planjave”
  • Slovenian: “Veliko nižavje”
  • Spanish: “Grandes Llanuras”
  • Swahili: “Tambarare kuu za Marekani”
  • Swedish: “Great Plains”
  • Tamil: “பெருஞ் சமவெளி”
  • Tatar: “Бөек тигезлекләр”
  • Turkish: “Büyük Düzlükler”
  • Turkish: “Büyük Ovalar”
  • Ukrainian: “Великі рівнини”
  • Urdu: “عظیم میدان”
  • Uzbek: “Buyuk tekisliklar”
  • Venetian: “Grande Pianure”
  • Vietnamese: “Đại Bình nguyên Bắc Mỹ”
  • Welsh: “Gwastadeddau Mawr”
  • Western Frisian: “Great Plains”
  • Western Frisian: “Grutte Flakten”
  • Western Panjabi: “عظیم میدان”
  • Western Panjabi: “وڈے میدان”
  • Wu Chinese: “北美大平原”
  • Yakut: “Улуу сыhыылар”
  • Yue Chinese: “大平原”
  • “ग्रेट प्लेन्स”

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