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Pactola Lake route map
Difficulty: ModerateOut and Back
South Dakota

Pactola Lake

Nemo, South Dakota

2.2 mi

Distance

610 ft

Elev. Gain

48m

Est. Time

Out & Back

Route Type

Moderate

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Pactola Lake unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

The managing agency is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

We have no current condition data for this trail. Check with the operator before you go, and submit a report below if you've been recently.

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Elevation Profile

Min:1,399 ft
Max:1,434 ft
Gain:186 ft
Loss:186 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 1,399 ft and 1,434 ft across 2.2 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.1,399 ft1,411 ft1,422 ft1,434 ft0.0 mi0.5 mi1.1 mi1.6 mi2.2 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi1,423 ft
High point1.1 mi1,434 ft
End2.2 mi1,423 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Johnson Siding, SD · about 2 mi away
County:
Pennington County, SD

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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