DeKoster Refuge

DeKoster Refuge: 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 sanctuary: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit DeKoster Refuge

Season: November to March for sightings; sanctuaries may close in peak monsoon.

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 DeKoster Refuge — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.23950, -96.17633. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near DeKoster Refuge

• Lake Alvin · lake · Lincoln · ~53 km · Must-see
• Gitchie Manitou State Preserve · sanctuary · Lincoln · ~55 km · Must-see
• Hawkeye Point · viewpoint · Osceola · ~56 km · Must-see
• Beaver Creek Nature Area · sanctuary · Lyon · ~58 km · Must-see
• Big Sioux Recreation Area · sanctuary · Minnehaha · ~64 km · Must-see
• Glidden Chapel · church · Minnehaha · ~68 km · Must-see
• Old Courthouse Museum · museum · Minnehaha · ~71 km · Must-see
• Pettigrew Home & Museum · museum · Minnehaha · ~71 km · Must-see
• Ocheda Lake · lake · Nobles · ~71 km · Must-see
• Palisades State Park · sanctuary · Minnehaha · ~71 km · Must-see
• Terrace Park · park · Minnehaha · ~72 km · Must-see
• Great Plains Zoo · sanctuary · Minnehaha · ~72 km · Must-see
• Ocheda Lake · lake · Osceola · ~73 km · Must-see
• First Reformed Church · church · Lyon · ~7 km
• Doon Protestant Reformed Church · church · Lyon · ~8 km
• Grace Community Church · church · Sioux · ~13 km
• Faith Reformed Church · church · Sioux · ~14 km
• Sand Beach · beach · Sioux · ~14 km

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Other wildlife, forests & gardens near DeKoster Refuge

• Gitchie Manitou State Preserve · sanctuary · Lincoln · ~55 km · Must-see
• Beaver Creek Nature Area · sanctuary · Lyon · ~58 km · Must-see
• Big Sioux Recreation Area · sanctuary · Minnehaha · ~64 km · Must-see
• Palisades State Park · sanctuary · Minnehaha · ~71 km · Must-see
• Great Plains Zoo · sanctuary · Minnehaha · ~72 km · Must-see
• Lone Tree Wildlife Management Area, South Unit · sanctuary · Nobles · ~95 km · Must-see
• Cayler Prairie State Preserve · sanctuary · Dickinson · ~97 km · Must-see
• Woodbury County Courthouse · sanctuary · Woodbury · ~106 km · Must-see
• Lewis Park · sanctuary · Woodbury · ~108 km · Must-see
• Missouri National Recreational River · sanctuary · Yankton · ~134 km · Must-see

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