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Pelican Lake Recreation Area

17450 450Th Ave, Watertown, SD
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53
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75ft
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1719ft
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Amenities

  • Bath House
  • Pet Friendly
  • Cabins
  • Tenting
  • Buddy Sites
  • Pavilion
  • Playground
  • Trash Pickup
  • 30 Amp
  • 20 Amp
  • Water Hookup
  • Fire Pits
  • Potable Water
  • Boat Launch
  • Toilets
  • Showers
  • Dump Station
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Activities

  • Hiking
  • Fishing
  • Kayaking
  • Canoeing
  • Archery
  • Boating
  • Horse Riding

From The Campground

Pelican Lake Recreation Area is a year-round park located 9 miles SW of Watertown off US Hwy 212. The park offers 76 campsites, 2 camping cabins, and 6 horse camp sites. Naturalists enjoy the migrating birds and vast numbers of prairie grasses and wildflowers. Winter enthusiasts appreciate the park's cross-country ski trails, snowshoeing and ice fishing. Pelican Lake is a popular stopping point for migrating waterfowl. Each fall, geese and ducks use the lake's open waters as a resting area. A variety of shore birds spend their entire summer in or near the park. Most noticeable are the large white pelicans that frequent the lake. Pelicans were so numerous when the region was first settled that the lake was named in their honor. An observation tower on one of the hiking trails gives visitors a bird's-eye view of the area.
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Phone

(605) 882-5200

Email

pelicanlake@state.sd.us

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