 Glaciers created
this narrow strip of rolling hills and forest that is part of the geological
formation called the Coteau des Prairie, which extends along the eastern
boundary of South Dakota. At its highest point, the Coteau rises to more than
2,000 feet above sea level. Artifacts and burial mounds found near the park
indicate that a Woodland Indian Culture inhabited this region between 300 B.C.
and 900 A.D. The area's unique dark forest, amidst a vast open prairie, has
prompted many recent legends, including of buried gold, robbers' hideouts and
horse thieves.
Newton Hills State Park
28767 482nd Avenue
Canton, SD 57013
(605) 987-2263
Email: NewtonHills@state.sd.us |
