Pipestone National Monument - Plan Your Visit

Pipestone National Monument by National Parks Service

Operating Hours Seasons

Open daily.

The Visitor Center is open daily 8am-5pm. The Circle Trail remains open daily.

All facilities closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Years Day.

Getting There

Plane

Commercial service is located in Sioux Falls, SD, approximately 50 miles from the monument. Car rental is available at the airport. A small airport is operated in Pipestone, MN, however, no commercial service is available.

Car

The monument is easily accessible from the south by interstate highway I-90 to Minnesota 23 or US 75, from the west by interstate highway I-29 to South Dakota 34 and Minnesota 30 to US 75, from the north by US 75, and from the east by Minnesota 30 or 23 to US 75. From US 75, road signs will lead you to the monument.

Getting Around

For your safety and for the protection of sacred sites, please stay on paved trails. Travel is prohibited in quarries, on rock rubble piles, and on quartzite outcroppings.