Ardmore
Ardmore is a ghost town in South Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 1,084 m. Pants Butte stands 1,449 m to the south-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Hunter Hill, a peak 1.1 miles away. Gold Rush Byway passes 22 miles off. 37 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.
unincorporated community in Fall River County, South Dakota, United States
What the record says
- Founded
- 1889
How to reach it
- 21.8 mi off the Gold Rush Byway
- 23.3 mi off the Bridges to Buttes Byway
37 named places within 25 miles
- Hunter Hill: 1.1 mi
- Stony Hill: 7.5 mi
- Twin Butte: 9.6 mi
- Wolf Butte: 10.9 mi
- Strawstack Butte: 11.6 mi
- Cody-Yellowhand Battlefield Monument: 6.8 mi
- Warbonnet Battlefield Monument: 7.4 mi
- Warbonnet Battlefield: 7.4 mi
- Cody-Yellowhand Battlefield: 7.5 mi
- Edgemont City Park: 21.0 mi
- Heppner: 16.6 mi
- Black Hills Ordnance Depot: 17.3 mi
- Wayside: 21.2 mi
- Hudson-Meng Bison Kill Research & Visitor Center: 13.5 mi
- Horseshoe Bend: 20.9 mi
- Trails Trains And Pioneers Museum: 21.1 mi
- Cowboy Artwork: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ardmore. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pants Butte | SSW 202° | 1,449 m | 20.8 mi |
| Pine Butte | SSE 167° | 1,366 m | 13.9 mi |
| Flint Hill | N 357° | 1,356 m | 22.3 mi |
| Chilson Mountain | N 354° | 1,351 m | 21.7 mi |
| Bald Butte | WSW 252° | 1,351 m | 22.0 mi |
| Roundtop Hill | N 6° | 1,351 m | 24.6 mi |
| Turner Peak | WSW 239° | 1,349 m | 21.4 mi |
| Roundtop | SSE 165° | 1,346 m | 14.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:30 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:55 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 15:37 | 16:23 |
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 | 24 | 27 | 38 | 46 | 56 | 66 | 74 | 72 | 62 | 48 | 34 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ardmore 1 NW, under a mile away.
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