Prairie Living


Information

*City of Gettysburg - 605-765-2264
*Gettysburg Whitlock Bay Development Office - 605-765-2731
* Potter County Auditor - 605-765-9408
*Dakota Sunset Museum - 605-765-9480
*Dakota Sunset Museum Email - dakotasunset@venturecomm.net
*Potter County Library - 605-765-9518

 
* For Genealogy, obituaries, and local history contact the Dakota Sunset Museum      

*Churches: Sacred Heart Catholic ChurchUnited Methodist, Emmanuel Lutheran (LCMS), Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,Grace Bible Church

*Medical Facilities:  Avera Missouri River Health Center [includes Hospital, Clinic -765-2273, and the 5-star Oahe Manor Nursing Home & Alzheimer's Unit], Family Dental Clinic , Vision Care Associates,  Vilas Pharmacy

* Airport, Medical Helicopter Landing Pad at the hospital

*Emergency Services: Volunteer Fire Department, Volunteer Ambulance Service with certified EMTs,  Medical Helicopter Landing Pad at the hospital, Airport.

*Luce Funeral Home

Hidden Treasures

> Specialty nut rolls at Langer's Family Foods
> South Dakota coffees at The Coffee Bean. 
> Dakota Sunset Museum's sacred Medicine Rock.
> Civil War cannon at Dakota Sunset Museum
> Medical services under one roof- apartments, clinic, lab, x-ray, nursing home, & hospital 



ENTERTAINMENT OF INFINITE VARIETY
City Parks - 2 city parks with play areas, basketball courts, lighted tennis courts, picnic areas, restrooms & showers

State Park - West Whitlock Recreation Area has camping sites, restrooms with showers, swimming beach, fish cleaning stations, & a boat ramp

Liberty Lanes - Bowling

Hunting - pheasant, deer, geese, ducks, grouse, partridge, antelope. Guides available.

Golf - 9-hole city golf course with beautiful grass greens and watered fairways

Fishing - walleye, salmon, catfish, northern pike, and more. Guides available.

Water sports - nearby Lake Oahe and in-town swimming pool

Free Camping at Gettysburg's main city park

Fee Campsites - some with laundry facilities

Library - The Potter County Library has print books, e-books, magazines, videos, audios and wireless Internet access: Potter County Library Website and Potter County's Library on Facebook.

Museum - Dakota Sunset Museum

WITHIN AN HOUR-ISH OF GETTYSBURG, SD.
  1. Tour the Dakota Sunset Museum, home of the sacred Lakota Medicine Rock, and showcase for the history of Gettysburg and Potter County. A special treat is a cannon from the Battle of Gettysburg. Dakota Sunset Museum Website
  2. View the inspiring Veterans' Memorial and artillery exhibit on the grounds of the historic Potter County courthouse in Gettysburg.
  3. See Sloat's historic round barn that sits a few miles off the main road north of Gettysburg.
  4. Tour the magnificent Cathedral on the Prairie at Hoven, SD, twenty miles away - crowns the landscape with its twin spires.
  5. Tour bandleader Lawrence Welk’s family home at Strasburg, ND (80 miles).
  6. View Oscar Howe’s ten murals painted on the walls of Mobridge’s city auditorium as a WPA project in 1942 (60 miles).
  7. Travel scenic Highway 1804.
  8. Enjoy Aberdeen's Storybook Land built in remembrance of Aberdonian L. Frank Baum, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (100 miles).
  9. Fish for walleye all year long on Lake Oahe from G’Burg to Mobridge - the Walleye Capital of the World. 
  10. Take college classes at Capital University Center in Pierre or at Northern State University and Presentation College in Aberdeen.
EDUCATION
Gettysburg has a K-12 school system with top-notch teachers and supportive parents.  The community broke ground for a new school in 2014 and opened the doors when school began in 2015.

** The system supports an excellent school library, Internet parent portal, an online encyclopedia, champion sports teams, and a delicious lunch and breakfast program.

** It is rated a  Distinguished School 
** Gettysburg School Website