Gavins Point Dam
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.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Industrial building
- Description: dam in Cedar County, Nebraska and Yankton County, South Dakota
- Also known as: “Gavins Point Dam Powerhouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chief White Crane Recreation Area and Pierson Ranch Recreation Area.
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.
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. Pierson Ranch Recreation Area is situated 1½ miles north of Gavins Point Dam.
Lewis & Clark Recreation Area
Park
Lewis and Clark Recreation Area is a public recreation area near Yankton in southeastern South Dakota, located on the northern shore of Lewis and Clark Lake, a 31,400-acre Missouri River reservoir impounded by Gavins Point Dam. Lewis & Clark Recreation Area is situated 2½ miles northwest of Gavins Point Dam.
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 4 miles east of Gavins Point Dam.
Yankton
Photo: Natedawg414, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 Gavins Point Dam.
Gavins Point Dam
- Categories: embankment dam, hydroelectric power station, building, and industry
- Location: Knox County, Nebraska, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.84867° or 42° 50′ 55″ northLongitude
-97.48124° or 97° 28′ 53″ westInception
September 1956Open location code
86J4RGX9+FGOpenStreetMap ID
way 916813886OpenStreetMap feature
building=industrialWikidata ID
Q1965709
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Gavins Point Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gavins Point Dam”
- Chinese: “加文斯角大壩”
- French: “barrage de Gavins Point”
- French: “Barrage de Gavins Point”
- German: “Gavins Point Dam”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gavins Point-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Gavins Point-demningen”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Gavins Point”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gavins Point Project Office and Gavins Point Visitor Center.
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