Lightning Draw

Lightning Draw: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this viewpoint: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Lightning Draw

Season: October to February for cool, clear air; July to September for mist and greenery.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Lightning Draw — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.13469, -103.60603. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Lightning Draw

• Angostura Dam · lake · Fall River · ~34 km · Must-see
• Oglala National Grassland · sanctuary · Sioux · ~35 km · Must-see
• Toadstool Geologic Park · sanctuary · Fall River · ~37 km · Must-see
• The Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, SD · museum · Fall River · ~42 km · Must-see
• Hudson-Meng Bison Kill · fort · Fall River · ~43 km · Must-see
• Sowbelly Canyon · viewpoint · Fall River · ~57 km · Must-see
• Soldier Creek Wilderness · sanctuary · Sioux · ~61 km · Must-see
• Wind Cave National Park · cave · Custer · ~64 km · Must-see
• Fort Robinson · fort · Fall River · ~66 km · Must-see
• Fuson Canyon · viewpoint · Custer · ~67 km · Must-see
• Lake Crawford · sanctuary · Fall River · ~68 km · Must-see
• Chadron · church · Fall River · ~75 km · Must-see
• Hunter Hill · viewpoint · Fall River · ~15 km
• abandoned store · fort · Fall River · ~24 km
• Flagpole Mountain · viewpoint · Fall River · ~25 km
• Horseshoe Bend · viewpoint · Fall River · ~25 km
• Cascade Falls Picnic Ground · waterfall · Fall River · ~26 km
• Agate Reservoir Dam · cave · Fall River · ~27 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Lightning Draw

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Lightning Draw

• Sowbelly Canyon · viewpoint · Fall River · ~57 km · Must-see
• Fuson Canyon · viewpoint · Custer · ~67 km · Must-see
• Cicero Peak · viewpoint · Custer · ~76 km · Must-see
• Crawford Hill · viewpoint · Dawes · ~80 km · Must-see
• Sourdough Draw · viewpoint · Custer · ~91 km · Must-see
• Red Shirt Table · viewpoint · Oglala Lakota · ~96 km · Must-see
• Needles Eye Tunnel · viewpoint · Custer · ~98 km · Must-see
• Black Elk Peak · viewpoint · Pennington · ~102 km · Must-see
• Iron Mountain · viewpoint · Pennington · ~102 km · Must-see
• Bear Mountain · viewpoint · Pennington · ~103 km · Must-see

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