Buffalo Slough
USA /
South Dakota /
Colton /
World
/ USA
/ South Dakota
/ Colton
lake, wetland, National Natural Landmark
Buffalo Slough provides excellent examples of a prairie pothole (a product of glacial activity) with native emergent vegetation, and a native bluestem prairie. The site is used extensively by many species of waterfowl and small mammals. The lake and its surrounding wetlands are designated a National Natural Landmark.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 43°52'39"N 96°56'38"W
- Quivira National Wildlife Refuge - South 639 km
- Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge 780 km
- Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge 1365 km
- Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge 1584 km
- Maurepas Swamp WMA (Eastern Tract) 1614 km
- Maurepas Swamp WMA (Western Tract) 1614 km
- Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge 1945 km
- Yolo Bypass 2135 km
- Sutter Bypass 2138 km
- Suisun Marsh 2195 km
- Lake Madison 11 km
- Anderson Waterfowl Production Area 26 km
- EROS Data Center 30 km
- Renner, South Dakota 31 km
- Granite Valley Neighborhood 35 km
- Joe Foss Field / Sioux Falls Regional Airport (FSD/KFSD) 37 km
- Big Sioux Recreation Area 43 km
- Split Rock Creek State Park 46 km
- MinWind III-IX Wind Farm 52 km
- Prairie Rose Wind Farm 53 km