SUMMER

Bike the back roads of Lincoln County

Visit the Zond/Enron Wind Towers that make Lake Benton the "Wind Powered Capital of the Midwest"

Attend "Ta Tonka Ha" re-creation of the 1860's in sight and sounds of the Western Experience

Visit the Pipestone National Monument and learn about the Native Sioux Nation.

Garden lovers can walk one of the Midwest's most beautiful flower gardens in Brookings, South Dakota. South Dakota State University McCrory Gardens.

Attend Tyler Danish Folk Fest

Enjoy the Fall Colors

Fish, swim, boat on beautiful Lake Benton, or hike the valleys or hills nearby (Rated according to some, the number three walleye lake in Minnesota)

FALL

Walk through Hole-in-the-Mountain Park and enjoy the Fall colors.

Attend one of the football games at nearby colleges (SDSU, SSU, or other colleges within driving distance).

Hunting abounds - pheasant, ducks and deer throughout the area.

Attend the local "Autumn Fest of Nationalities" and experience the foods and flavors of Lake Benton's many worldwide nationalities.

• Attend Benton Freemont Days "Ta Tanka Ha" every 2nd weekend in August..

WINTER

Enjoy Lake Benton's Hole-in-the-Mountain Park

Try your luck "Ice Fishing", Tubing, skating, cross-country skiing(Five Miles of Trails)

Snowmobile throughout Lincoln County.

SPRING

Enjoy walking and photographing the local wildlife. Eagles, Pelicans, Bluebirds and other birds and animals, too numerous to list, are native to Lake Benton.

Hole-in-the Mountain Prairie, a 585 acre Nature Conservancy located just 1. 5 miles South of Lake Benton, offers a wildflower collection of rare and unusual plants on this virgin prairie of Southwestern Minnesota.

Enjoy Lake Benton's Saddle Horse Holiday and Homecoming the third weekend of June yearly. Hundreds of horses parade and participate in equestrian events as Lake Bentonites offer activities for your enjoyment all weekend.