Dam Back Side
Dam Back Side is a cliff in South Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 1,882 m. Black Elk Peak stands 2,207 m to the northeast, 2.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunday Gulch Trailhead, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway passes 0.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 25 m
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway, National
- 10.7 mi off the Wildlife Loop Road Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Flashers View · 1 mi
- Needles Eye · 1 mi
- Cathedral Spires · 2 mi
- Needles other eye · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Devil's Tower: 1.4 mi
- Black Elk Peak: 2.1 mi
- Saint Elmo Peak: 2.3 mi
- Thunderhead Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Elkhorn Mountain: 3.6 mi
- George Washington: 5.7 mi
- Thomas Jefferson: 5.7 mi
- Theodore Roosevelt: 5.7 mi
- Abraham Lincoln: 5.7 mi
- Patriarch: 6.0 mi
- Upper Pine Creek Natural Area: 3.1 mi
- Norbeck Wildlife Preserve: 4.2 mi
- Custer State Park - Norbeck Wildlife Preserve: 4.9 mi
- Charolette Tracy Park: 5.5 mi
- Reno Gulch Park: 5.7 mi
- Sunday Gulch Trailhead: 0.0 mi
- Needles Eye Tunnel: 1.1 mi
- Custer State Trail Challenge: Devil's Little Tower: 1.4 mi
- Custer State Trail Challenge: Cathedral Spires Trail: 1.7 mi
- Bo The Bison: 5.4 mi
- The Indian Museum of North America: 3.6 mi
- Lincoln Borglum Visitor Center: 5.8 mi
- South Dakota State Railroad Museum, Ltd.: 5.8 mi
- 1881 Courthouse: 5.9 mi
- Sculptor's Studio: 5.9 mi
- Crazy Horse Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Crazy Horse Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Crazy Horse Memorial: 3.6 mi
- Gordon Stockade: 5.6 mi
- Mount Rushmore National Memorial: 5.7 mi
- Addie Camp: 5.6 mi
- Etta: 7.7 mi
- Teddy Bear: 7.8 mi
- Bismuth: 8.3 mi
- Tigerville: 9.7 mi
- Sylvan Lake Beach: 0.2 mi
- Sheridan Lake South: 9.4 mi
- Sheridan Lake North: 10.2 mi
- Ephel Duath: 0.2 mi
- Aquarium Rock: 0.5 mi
- Beecher Rock: 11.2 mi
- terrace: 21.7 mi
- William Noordermeer Gardens: 22.1 mi
- Memorial Park Rose Gardens: 23.6 mi
- Spring Creek: 11.7 mi
- March-Dake Plaza: 23.7 mi
- Thunderhead Falls: 16.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Dam Back Side. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Elk Peak | NE 53° | 2,207 m | 2.1 mi |
| Odakota Mountain | WNW 299° | 2,194 m | 10.8 mi |
| Green Mountain | NW 305° | 2,186 m | 12.4 mi |
| Bear Mountain | W 280° | 2,184 m | 9.0 mi |
| Little Devil's Tower | ENE 77° | 2,134 m | 1.4 mi |
| Copper Mountain | NW 305° | 2,111 m | 10.7 mi |
| Medicine Mountain | WNW 301° | 2,086 m | 8.6 mi |
| Hat Mountain | NW 308° | 2,048 m | 15.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:57 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:33 | 16:20 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 27 | 35 | 41 | 51 | 61 | 68 | 67 | 59 | 45 | 34 | 27 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Custer, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/694147016
Day trips start here
- Wind Cave National Park · 20 mi
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