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Pipestone National Monument MN

Lat, Long: 44.01351958, -96.32475523

Designation: National Monument

For over 3,000 years, Indigenous people have quarried the red stone at this site to make pipes used in prayer and ceremony - a tradition that continues to this day and makes this site sacred to many people.

Weather:

Weather varies seasonally from warm and humid in the summer to cold and snowy in the winter. Visitors should be prepared for seasonal weather and for rapidly-changing conditions.

Directions:

Plane: Commercial service - located at Sioux Falls, SD -Joe Foss Field airport. 50 miles from Pipestone National Monument. Rental cars are available at the airport. Non-Commercial service - located at Pipestone MN airport. Courtesy car or transit service available to Pipestone National Monument from the airport. Car: Pipestone National Monument is easily accessible from local highways. When you reach the city of Pipestone, road signs will lead you to Pipestone National Monument.

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Address/Contact:

36 Reservation Ave

Pipestone, US, 56164

Phone: 5078255464

Email: pipe_interpretation@nps.gov

Entrance Fees:

Pink wall of rock next to path and grassPurple and yellow wildflowers in a field of tall grassA couple outside in snowshoes smiling at the cameraA sheet of stone being taken off a thick slab of stone in a quarry pitA woman standing next to a little girl helping her make a clay potA man in a quarry pit swings a hammer as a woman watchesA man watches over a woman as she saws a piece of stoneA waterfall partially surrounded by iceA man works with tools in a quarry as kids watchA man in a quarry pit holding a sledge hammerSun reflecting off of water through a canopy of trees