| Split Rock Creek State Park | |
| Map: | USA Minnesota#USA |
| Relief: | 1 |
| Location: | Pipestone, Minnesota, United States |
| Coordinates: | 43.8978°N -96.3642°W |
| Area Acre: | 1303 |
| Elevation: | 1624feet[1] |
| Established: | 1937 |
| Governing Body: | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources |
| Embedded: | Yes |
Split Rock Creek State Park is a state park of Minnesota, USA, located in Ihlen, or just south of Pipestone.
The Works Progress Administration built a dam in 1938 to create a lake, which provided an opportunity for water recreation in an area of the state with few natural lakes. The dam was constructed of Sioux Quartzite, a hard red rock widely found in the area.[2] A nearby bridge, Split Rock Creek Bridge, was also built by the WPA of Sioux quartzite in 1938. The bridge carries County Road 54 over the creek. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Minnesota Masonry-Arch Highway Bridges MPS.[3]
| Split Rock Creek | |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | South Dakota, Minnesota |
| Subdivision Type3: | Counties |
| Subdivision Name3: | Minnehaha County, South Dakota, Pipestone County, Minnesota, Rock County, Minnesota |
| Length: | 55adj=midNaNadj=mid |
| Source1 Location: | Ihlen, Minnesota |
| Mouth Location: | Pipestone, South Dakota |
| River System: | Missouri River |
| Tributaries Left: | Pipestone Creek |
Split Rock Creek is a stream that flows for 55 miles from a farmers field near Ihlen, Rock County, Minnesota, to east of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota. The native American name for the creek was Eminija. The creek enters South Dakota east of Sherman, South Dakota. West of Sherman it flows over a cement pad on 486th Avenue. It flows around Garretson and through Devil's Gulch. The creek then flows through Palisades State Park and then through McHardy Park in Brandon. East of Sioux Falls Pt finally flows into the Big Sioux River, which flows into the Missouri River, which flows into the Mississippi River.[4]