Porter Sculpture Park
About Porter Sculpture Park
Porter Sculpture Park is an outdoor sculpture park near Montrose, South Dakota. The sculpture park is located just adjacent to Interstate 90 and is about 25 miles west of Sioux Falls, on the eastern edge of McCook County). It is on the South Dakota Drift Prairie, only 1/4 of a mile off of the interstate. There are over 60 sculptures in the park, which is situated on 10 acres of tallgrass prairie.
Many of the sculptures, in the style of industrial art, were made with scrap metal, old farm equipment, or railroad tie plates. The largest sculpture in the park is a 60-foot-tall (18 m) bull head. This sculpture took three years to build, weighs 25 tons, and is equal in size to the heads of Mount Rushmore. Every sculpture in the park was made by Wayne Porter.
The park is open May 15 – October 15 annually. Admission is $10 per adult, $5 for ages 13–17, and free for ages 12 and under.
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Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within 24 miles of Porter Sculpture Park; the closest, South Dakota Tennis Hall of Fame, is about 22 miles away.
