Lemmon

"Home of Petrified Wood Park"

Population: 1,614 • Elevation: 2,569

Lemmon is a full-service community including parks, campgrounds, tennis courts, a swimming pool, nine-hole golf course, motels and restaurants. Shadehill Recreation Area with its 100 miles of shoreline offers excellent fishing, hunting and camping. The area is rich in upland and big game hunting including pheasant, grouse, deer and antelope.

World's Largest Petrified Park
The Petrified Wood Park and museum is a sight you won't soon forget. The man-made towers of ancient stone stand like a testament to the men and women who created a castle-like world in the vastness of the prairie. Thousands of curious specimens of plant life form the historic ages are gathered and blended together to create this unique attraction located on Main Street.

Grand River Museum
View the displays of local dinosaur fossils. Visitors are welcome to touch and feel real dinosaur bones. Other museum exhibits include ranching and homestead history and local Native American history.

Hunting and Fishing
Not only do whitetail and mule deer and the antelope play, but also the pheasants, grouse, Canadian geese, partridge, turkeys, prairie dogs, large-mouth bass, perch, northern, walleyes, crappies, etc. Lemmon is a true sportsman’s paradise.

Shadehill Reservoir
Located 12 miles south of Lemmon. Shadehill has a public-use area, camping, picnic areas, a trailer dump station, swimming, boating and hiking. Available species include walleye, catfish and bass. Open year-round. The reservoir is one of western South Dakota’s few large lakes. The dam, built in 1951 by the Bureau of Reclamation, creates more than 5,000 surface acres of water, creating fun for everyone.