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Porter Sculpture Park, Montrose, SD

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Porter Sculpture Park

Porter Sculpture Park is an attraction in Montrose, SD, part of the Sioux Falls and Brookings guide. Cost: under $25. Open May 15 through October 15 annually.

45160 257th Street · Montrose, SD

Why you should go…

Porter Sculpture Park is an outdoor sculpture park on tallgrass prairie just off Interstate 90 near Montrose, South Dakota, about 25 miles west of Sioux Falls. It displays more than 60 metal sculptures made from scrap metal, old farm equipment and railroad tie plates, all created by self-taught artist Wayne Porter since 2000. Its best known piece is a 60-foot-tall bull head that took three years to build and weighs 25 tons. TIME magazine named it one of the top American roadside attractions.

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