Hiking Sioux Falls

This blog is meant to be a companion to my kayaking blog (Kayaking the Lakes of South Dakota) and features the parks and nature areas in the city and area surrounding Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The blog should be considered as an annotated inventory of the parks and recreation areas in the Sioux Falls area and presented from my personal perspective.

Thursday, February 13, 2014

Gitchie Manitou State Preserve: Mid-February 2014

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Gitchie Manitou State Preserve located on the east bank of the Big Sioux River just into Iowa and south of the Mary Jo Wegner Arboret...

Friday, January 3, 2014

New Snowshoes: Perry Nature Center/Arboretum

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Santa brought me a contemporary set of snowshoes, so I set aside my wooden and rawhide pair and headed out today to give the new ones ...

Saturday, December 14, 2013

Snowshoeing at the Perry Nature Area

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We have had a relatively early start to winter here in the Sioux Falls area. It has been quite cold and snowy here the past two or ...

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Arrowhead Park in the Early Winter

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This is an especially interesting time to go out to Arrowhead Park in Sioux Falls for a stroll around the quarry ponds to view the gee...

Friday, September 20, 2013

Atkins Slough WPA - Sept. 2013

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Atkins Slough WPA (Wildlife Production Area) was recently described in the Sioux Falls Argus Leader as a good spot for bird watching....

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Jay Heath: Retired University of South Dakota professor, former Peace Corps volunteer in the Dominican Republic, and veteran of the U.S. Navy and the SD Army National Guard. Jay can be reached at jheath@sio.midco.net and invites comment from fellow kayakers as well as any old pals who stumble across this site.

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