Lake Shetek State Park
May 22nd –
27th, 2020
66e – Full hookup
64 electrical sites
32 full hookup sites
14 miles of hiking
trails
Dump near campgrounds
Lake Shetek is located nerar the South
Dakota bourder just outside of Currie. The park has two campgrounds
with power. Sunrise campground has full hookups with lots of space
inbetween sites. There is no shower house. 70 sites. A number of cart-in and tent site.
Lake Shetek has a couple of Historical
markers. Koch cabin which has been moved to the parking lot next to
our campground and can be seen from the our site.
Lake Shetek Monument is the bural site
of the settler massicure during the Dakota War of 1862. A lot of
history can be found in the towns and parks in this area about the
Dakota War.
Trails – Casey trail is paved and the
Shetek monument can be found on it. We took the trail from Sunrise
to Oakwood campground to the back edge of the campground to find the
monument. We crossed the road to visit Smith Lake. We took the
paved Casey Jones state trail to the Ranger station and then Havthorn
trail and road back to our spot.
Webster Island – Drove down a dirt
road to park at the Cart in erea. Walked out pass the gate and down
another dirt road. Then walkedthe loop around the Island. At one
point you could see a narrow separation to be able to see Lake
Shetek. Not much to see on this walk but on one part a scary fish
popped his head out.
Loon Island – Very popular area. We
parked at the boat launch and walked to raised pathway to the island.
Lots of boats in the water going into the water. There was a canoe
rental station there. The trail is mosly wooked with some view of
the lake. You couold hear fast moving boats passing by. After the we
walked on the pinic trail. A nice size bath house and changing room
which is mostly outside covered by walls near the swimming area. The
swimming area was on the back side of the building with a sharp set
of stairs leading down to the beach. We took the boat landing trail
back to the truck.
Just outside of the park is a small
store. We got hamburger buns and mustard.
End of the Line Train Museum is just in
Currie. It has many building to visit. A church, court house,
school house, Engine house, section foreman house, depot, a round
table and so menu railroad hardware. 2 cabooses and 2 steam engines.
A number of maintenance devices to move along the rails to fix the
rails.
Warning – Loud Noises from Key Lagro
Restaurant. Across the lake is where this restaurant is located and
it has outdoor concerts that last pass 1am. It was super loud. I
would check there site to see if a concert is playing. Even look to
see if the cover band is good. The one concert night was a horrible
cover band. All you could mostly hear was pounding and bad singing.
We visited the
End-O-Line Railroad Park and Museum
