Day Trips
Numerous historical sites surround Lake Oahe, illustrating the area’s rich frontier and Native American heritage.
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Fort Sully, an old military outpost, lies across the Missouri River from Farm Island.
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North of Pierre near the city of Mobridge lies the grave of Sitting Bull, chief of the Lakota Sioux.
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Sacagawea, the Shoshone Indian woman who served as a translator on the Lewis and Clark expedition, is believed to be buried at nearby Fort Manuel Trading Post.
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The Buffalo Interpretive Center tells the story of the buffalo and its significance in Native American culture. Located on the Lower Brule Sioux Reservation, the center looks out onto a tribal pasture where buffalo graze. Open May–October. Highway 1806, Lower Brule, SD 57548. (605) 223-2260
