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D.C. Booth Fish Hatchery
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| Distance | About 65 miles via I-90 |
| Time Needed: | An hour or so |
| Best Time To Go: | Anytime. Open all year |
| Directions: | US16A & US16 east to I-90. I-90 West to Exit 14. Follow 14A south and signs to hatchery. |
| Cost: | Not Available |
| Highlights: | Historic home and museum |
| Description: | You might be surprised to find that this attraction isn't what you
expect. Visitors have been coming to the D.C. Booth Fish Hatchery for more
than 100 years just to enjoy the park-like setting. You also get a chance
to feed the fish and see them swimming behind huge underwater windows. The hatchery is one of the oldest operating hatcheries in the country dedicated to fish culture and resource management. It originally was constructed to stock trout populations in the Black Hills and operated as in that role until mid-1980s. Today is is operated by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service as an historic and cultural heritage center and museum. It is called a "living fishery museum" that still rears trout for the Black Hills. It also is a museum of fishery records and artifacts for educational, research, and historic purposes. Info: Call 605-642-7730 or write to D. C. Booth Historic Fish Hatchery, 423 Hatchery Circle, Spearfish, SD 57783. |
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