Pipestone National Monument - Plan Your Visit

The Visitor Center is open daily 8am-5pm; Memorial Day to Labor Day extended hours are 8am-6pm. The Circle Trail remains open daily.

The last two weekends in July and the first weekend in August, on Fridays and Saturdays, the Visitor Center extended hours are 8am-8pm. These open hours coincide with the presentation of the Hiawatha Pageant by the local Hiawatha Club.

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

Local Partners & Information Resources

City of Pipestone

Pipestone County Museum

Split Rock Creek State Park

Blue Mounds State Park

Jeffers Petroglyphs

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.