The Big Sioux River
Perry Nature Area
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For an interactive map of the nature area, click here.

Perry Nature Area is a Minnehaha County Park consisting of 23 acres of woodlands, grasslands, and riparian areas on the site of the former town of East Sioux Falls. It lies just across SD highway 42 northeast of Arrowhead Park.

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Typical woodlands at P.N.A.

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Rustic bridge over clear water stream.

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Wild sunflowers

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A clear running stream meanders through Perry N.A.

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Wild Day Lillies

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Perry Nature Area is located on the site of the historic East Sioux Falls settlement.

Clear water and gravel bottom enhance the creek
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An Eastern Kingbird surveys the prairie.

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Tall Bellflower