Horseshoe Bend
Horseshoe Bend is a cliff in South Dakota, at a recorded elevation of 1,172 m. Pilger Mountain stands 1,461 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Flagpole Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Wildlife Loop Road Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off. 49 named places lie within 25 miles, 21 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1172 m
How to reach it
- 24.2 mi off the Wildlife Loop Road Scenic Byway
- 26.5 mi off the Gold Rush Byway
49 named places within 25 miles
- Flagpole Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Tepee Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Stage Hill: 3.7 mi
- Roundtop Hill: 5.6 mi
- Horse Trap Mountain: 7.4 mi
- Butler Park: 8.5 mi
- Umiker Park: 8.5 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 8.7 mi
- Brookside Park: 8.8 mi
- Centennial Park: 9.0 mi
- Heppner: 4.4 mi
- Ardmore: 20.9 mi
- Black Hills Ordnance Depot: 22.3 mi
- Burdock: 25.0 mi
- The Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, SD: 8.4 mi
- Tour Starts here: 17.2 mi
- Tour starts here: 17.3 mi
- Bison Center: 24.9 mi
- World Fossil Finder Museum: 8.7 mi
- Pioneer Museum: 9.1 mi
- Trails Trains And Pioneers Museum: 14.5 mi
- Kidney Springs Gazebo: 9.1 mi
- Battle Mountain Monument: 9.5 mi
- Stephen Tyng Mather: 17.3 mi
- Cowboy Artwork: 17.5 mi
- Sculpture: 20.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Horseshoe Bend. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilger Mountain | NW 306° | 1,461 m | 22.6 mi |
| Parker Peak | NW 308° | 1,449 m | 9.9 mi |
| Elk Knob | N 3° | 1,447 m | 17.6 mi |
| Matias Peak | NW 305° | 1,432 m | 12.2 mi |
| Horse Trap Mountain | NW 312° | 1,426 m | 7.4 mi |
| Elk Mountain | N 8° | 1,373 m | 17.5 mi |
| Flint Hill | WNW 287° | 1,356 m | 7.5 mi |
| Roundtop Hill | NW 323° | 1,351 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:55 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 15:35 | 16:22 |
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 | 29 | 39 | 46 | 56 | 66 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 49 | 37 | 28 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — HOT Springs, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/357094512
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- Wind Cave National Park · 19 mi
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