Southeast

The southeastern region of South Dakota is a flat-to-rolling agricultural area, densely populated with many grain and livestock farms and small towns featuring various periods of architecture.

Sioux Falls, the state's largest city, is the focal point of the area with stockyards, manufacturing and historical districts anchored by a turn-of-the-century courthouse turned museum. The city is named for the falls of the Big Sioux River.

The cities of Yankton and Mitchell lie in the picturesque James River Valley. Many smaller scenic rivers accent the mighty Missouri River, which also flows through this region. Yankton is located near one of the Great Lakes of the Missouri, sparkling Lewis and Clark Lake, with its whispering cliffs and quiet bays. Yankton's historic downtown and residential districts boast reminders of the heyday of riverboat traffic on the Missouri. Above nearby Gavin's Point Dam, the Missouri sprawls out and appears as it would have prior to its charting by explorers Lewis and Clark. The region is dotted with state parks and recreation areas featuring modern campgrounds, peaceful hiking trails and rolling scenery.

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Southeast South Dakota Tourism
1101 Broadway Avenue, Suite 113
Yankton, SD 57078
888-353-7382, toll-free phone
(605) 665-2435, phone
(605) 665-8776, fax
www.southeastsouthdakota.com

Download a PDF of the 2008 Southeast South Dakota Travel Guide, "Off the Beaten Path:"
www.southeastsouthdakota.com/2008OBP.pdf  (requires Adobe Acrobat or Reader)