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Shadehill Recreation Area is a state recreation area in South Dakota located around the Shadehill Reservoir in Perkins County. The recreation area is administered by the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks. It covers 2,287 acres and offers campgrounds, beaches, access for boating, fishing and other water activities. [1]
South Dakota State Parks and recreation areas range in size from the 19-acre Sandy Shore Recreation Area to the 71,000-acre Custer State Park. It was the first park established in the system, in 1919. Good Earth State Park at Blood Run is the most recent park, added in 2013. System-wide visitation in 2016 was 7,500,000.
Shadehill Dam is a dam (constructed 1951) on the Grand River in Perkins County in northwestern South Dakota in the United States, about 10 miles (16 km) south of Lemmon. The dam and its impoundment, Shadehill Reservoir , serve mainly for flood and silt control, wildlife conservation and recreation.
Shadehill Reservoir is a reservoir on the Grand River in Perkins County, South Dakota, USA. The lake was created by the construction of Shadehill Dam by the United States Bureau of Reclamation in 1951. [3] The reservoir has two primary inflows: North Fork Grand River and South Fork Grand River. The single Grand River serves as the only outflow.
Shadehill was founded in 1916. The community is reportedly named after a nearby hill which, in turn, was named for a Col. L.M. Shade, who was a member of the State Highway Commission when South Dakota Highway 73 was being built through the vicinity. [2] A post office called Shadehill was established in 1918, and remained in operation until 1965 ...
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Perkins County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,835. [1] Its county seat is Bison. [2] The county was established in 1908 and organized in 1909. [3] It was named for Sturgis, South Dakota, official Henry E. Perkins. [4]