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Black Hills Ordnance Depot

Black Hills Ordnance Depot from directly overhead

Black Hills Ordnance Depot is a ghost town in South Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 1,157 m. Swanski Rock stands 1,540 m to the south-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Edgemont City Park, a park 11 miles away. 33 named places lie within 25 miles, 21 of them named summits.

human settlement in South Dakota, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates43.16670, -103.93300

33 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 21
Parks: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 2
Museums: 1
  • Trails Trains And Pioneers Museum: 10.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Black Hills Ordnance Depot. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Swanski RockSSW 209°1,540 m23.0 mi
Pilger MountainN 4°1,461 m23.1 mi
Parker PeakNE 37°1,449 m20.1 mi
Matias PeakNNE 30°1,432 m19.5 mi
Horse Trap MountainNE 44°1,426 m20.7 mi
Table MountainSW 220°1,376 m20.0 mi
Flint HillNE 46°1,356 m17.6 mi
Chilson MountainNE 46°1,351 m16.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:1719:5620:40
September equinox06:4418:1718:55
December solstice07:2515:3816:24

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192334435364727060453120
Precip in0.40.50.91.82.72.62.21.51.21.30.60.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Edgemont, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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