Ghost town · South Dakota
Blacktail
Blacktail is a ghost town in South Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 1,455 m. Crooks Tower stands 2,168 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Terraville, a ghost town 0.6 miles away. Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway passes 6.7 miles off.
human settlement in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States of America
How to reach it
Coordinates44.37000, -103.76000
- 6.7 mi off the Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Mount Theodore Roosevelt: 1.9 mi
- White Rocks: 2.0 mi
- Whitetail Summit: 2.1 mi
- Polo Peak: 3.1 mi
- Lexington Hill: 3.2 mi
Ghost towns: 15
- Terraville: 0.6 mi
- Maitland: 2.8 mi
- Flatiron: 3.0 mi
- Trojan: 4.3 mi
- Carbonate: 5.8 mi
Parks: 14
- Manuel Brothers Park: 1.2 mi
- Richard Gordon Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
- Centennial Park: 11.9 mi
- Sturgis City Park: 13.0 mi
- Lions Club Park: 13.4 mi
Historic sites: 13
- U.S.S. Maine Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Ziolkowski - a bust of James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok: 1.6 mi
- Friendship Tower: 1.9 mi
- Stolen Kiss Apartments: 8.6 mi
- Historic Potter's Field: 8.9 mi
Museums: 12
- Sanford Lab Homestake Visitor Center: 1.2 mi
- Black Hills Mining Museum: 1.3 mi
- Adams Museum: 1.6 mi
- Homestake Adams Research & Cultural Center: 1.6 mi
- Adams House Museum: 1.7 mi
Attractions: 7
- Broken Boot Gold Mine: 0.9 mi
- Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane Canary's Graves: 1.7 mi
- Seth Bullock's Grave: 1.9 mi
- Tatanka Story of Bison: 3.0 mi
- Sturgis Welcome Sign: 11.9 mi
Waterfalls: 6
- Bridal Veil Falls: 6.7 mi
- Spearfish Falls: 8.5 mi
- Roughlock Falls: 9.1 mi
- Mirror Creek Falls: 18.1 mi
- Upper Windy Pine Falls: 19.0 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Roadside picnic: 7.6 mi
Gardens: 1
- Spearfish Community Garden: 9.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Northern Hills Rest Area: 18.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Blacktail. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crooks Tower | SSW 208° | 2,168 m | 16.7 mi |
| Terry Peak | SW 232° | 2,147 m | 4.7 mi |
| Laird Peak | SW 228° | 2,089 m | 16.5 mi |
| Custer Peak | S 172° | 2,071 m | 8.8 mi |
| East Cement Ridge | W 263° | 2,034 m | 15.0 mi |
| Deer Mountain | SW 214° | 2,027 m | 5.7 mi |
| West Cement Ridge | W 266° | 2,026 m | 15.6 mi |
| Bald Mountain | WSW 237° | 2,012 m | 3.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:29 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:59 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:31 | 16:19 |
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 | 28 | 28 | 36 | 43 | 52 | 62 | 69 | 68 | 60 | 46 | 36 | 28 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lead, 1 mi away.
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