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Northeast Lakes & Prairies

Art, family learning and prairie recreation offer an unhurried eastern South Dakota journey.

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Downtown Aberdeen with the Brown County Courthouse in the distanceHistoric post office in Watertown, South Dakota

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Northeast Lakes & Prairies, a little closer.

Art, family learning and prairie recreation offer an unhurried eastern South Dakota journey. These three city bases have separate calendars and outdoor conditions.

Lake CountyFall River CountyBuffalo CountyMellette CountyKingsbury CountyClay CountyHand CountyCodington CountyHutchinson CountyOglala Lakota CountyCuster CountyJones CountyBeadle CountyCampbell CountyHarding CountyBrookings CountyGrant CountyMarshall CountyBon Homme CountyEdmunds CountyUnion CountyYankton CountyTripp CountySanborn CountyDewey CountyClark CountyDeuel CountyLyman CountyJackson CountyMeade CountyPerkins CountyPotter CountyDay CountyBrule CountyLincoln CountyZiebach CountyAurora CountyPennington CountyStanley CountySully CountyWalworth CountyCorson CountyGregory CountyMcCook CountyHanson CountyLawrence CountyHaakon CountyDouglas CountyTurner CountyDavison CountyHamlin CountyBennett CountyMiner CountyJerauld CountyRoberts CountyFaulk CountyButte CountyMcPherson CountyTodd CountyHughes CountyHyde CountyMinnehaha CountyBrown CountyMoody CountyCharles Mix CountySpink CountyAberdeen1. Aberdeen →Watertown2. Watertown →Brookings3. Brookings →

Highlighted counties locate these featured towns. These six WTDO discovery areas are editorial groupings. Markers indicate approximate town centers, not entrances or driving routes. Select a town to open its guide. County outlines: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Lake CountyFall River CountyBuffalo CountyMellette CountyKingsbury CountyClay CountyHand CountyCodington CountyHutchinson CountyOglala Lakota CountyCuster CountyJones CountyBeadle CountyCampbell CountyHarding CountyBrookings CountyGrant CountyMarshall CountyBon Homme CountyEdmunds CountyUnion CountyYankton CountyTripp CountySanborn CountyDewey CountyClark CountyDeuel CountyLyman CountyJackson CountyMeade CountyPerkins CountyPotter CountyDay CountyBrule CountyLincoln CountyZiebach CountyAurora CountyPennington CountyStanley CountySully CountyWalworth CountyCorson CountyGregory CountyMcCook CountyHanson CountyLawrence CountyHaakon CountyDouglas CountyTurner CountyDavison CountyHamlin CountyBennett CountyMiner CountyJerauld CountyRoberts CountyFaulk CountyButte CountyMcPherson CountyTodd CountyHughes CountyHyde CountyMinnehaha CountyBrown CountyMoody CountyCharles Mix CountySpink County

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County outlines: U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb, South Dakota FIPS 46, all 66 counties. Simplified for display. Town markers show approximate centers, not attraction entrances or driving routes. These six WTDO areas are editorial discovery groupings, not South Dakota’s official tourism regions. Featured places are starting points, not an exhaustive inventory.

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