Glacial Lakes South Dakota - hotels, tourism & travel information

The Glacial Lakes Region of South Dakota is known as the best pheasant hunting in the Midwest. Its an outdoorsman paradise. You can go fishing, hunting, camping, swimming, hiking, birding, biking, skiing and more.

There are lots of other attractions too.... Visit a museum or an historic landmark. Ride antique carousels, bumper boats and more rides at an amusement park. Play tennis or golf. Go shopping. Play the slots at a casino. See a rodeo show or a car race. Attend the state fair. Stroll through beautiful gardens.

This region has a little of something for everyone which makes it a good location for a family vacation.

Tourism Highlights

Aberdeen
- Camping
- Dakota Prairie Museum
- Wylie Park Storybook Land
  - Magical Theme Park
  - Land of Oz
  - Antique Carousel
  - Thunder Road Family Park
    - Go cart track
    - miniature golf
    - bumper boats
- Sand Lake National Wildlife refuge
- The Hutterites
Brookings
- camping
- South Dakota Art Museum
- McCrory Gardens
  - trails
  - flowers
  - 65 acres
- Agricultural Heritage Museum
De Smet
- camping
- Laura Ingalls Wilder Homestead
- Shopping
- Lake Thompson Recreation Area
- Depot Mseum and Havey Dunn School
Faulkton
- Carousel City
  - antique carousel rides
- Lake Faulkton
  - fishing
  - boating
  - camping
- museums
- tennis courts
- 9 hole golf course
- Courthouse Murals painted by Charles T. Greener
- Wauneta's Gardens
  - terraced hillside flower garden on banks of Nixon Creek
- Pickler Mansion
  - Victorian mansion built 1882
  - Library
Huron
- Black and Yellow Trail - US 14
  - Shortest most scenic route to the Black Hills
- 3 golf courses
- Maga Ta Hohpi Waterfowl Production Area
  - Birdwatching
- Best Pheasant hunting
- Camping
- Huron Ringneck Festival and Bird Dog Challenge - November
- Antique Power Show & Flea Market - June
- Wheel Jam III - June
- Ravine Lake Complex
  - Swimming
  - Miniature golf
- South Dakota State Fairgrounds
  - Fair held in September
  - Horse and livestock
  - Scrapbook expos
  - car/bike/semi-tractor shows
  - auctions
  - concerts
  - antique tractor shows
  - Dakota Speedway races
  - Rodeo
- Murals on the town buildings
- Gladys Pyle Home
  - Home of the first elected woman senator
  - built 1894
Miller
- Crystal Park
- Waterslides
- Lake Louise Recreation Area
- McWhorter House Museum
- Miller Depot
- Lakes
  - fishing for Walleye, perch and trout
- Hunting for pheasants
- camping
- Outdoor drive-in theater
- Golf course
- Stock car racing
- Woodland Indian artifacts
Redfield
- Rainbow Arch Bridge
- boating
- fishing
- hunting
- camping
- hiking
- historical landmarks
- shopping
- Carnegie Library
- James River
- Restored 1884 Country School
- Fisher Grove State Park
- The Depot Chicago and Northwestern Depot
  - historical railroad displays
Sisseton
- At the base of the Hills of the Prairie
- Fort Sisseton State Park
- Sica Hollow State Park
- Powwow
- Trail rides
- casino gaming
- Camp
- Hunt
- fish
- 6 state parks nearby
- horseback riding
- hiking
- birding
- swimming
- golfing
- skiing
- snowmobiling
- Nicollet Tower with a 3 state view
Watertown
- 2 lakes
  - fishing
  - swimming
  - boating
  - camping
  - hunting
  - snowmobiling
- Discovery Center
- Bramble Park Zoo
- Mellette House
- Codington County Heritage Museum
- Redlin Art Center
- Hometown to artist Terry Redlin
- 30 acre Wildlife park

Parks and Recreation Areas

Fisher Grove
Fort Sisseton
Hartford Beach
Oakwood Lakes
Roy Lake
Sica Hollow
Lake Cochrane
Lake Louise
Lake Pelican
LakeP oinsett
Lake Thompson