Ghost town · South Dakota
Brownsville
Brownsville is a ghost town in South Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 1,678 m. Crooks Tower stands 2,168 m to the southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Custer Peak, a peak 3.0 miles away. Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway passes 8.7 miles off.
ghost town in South Dakota, United States
How to reach it
Coordinates44.27530, -103.69400
- 8.7 mi off the Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway
- 26.7 mi off the Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Breezy Point Overlook & Picnic Area · 29 mi
- Borglum View Terrace · 30 mi
- Historic Viewing Terrace · 30 mi
- Mount Rushmore Viewpoint · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Custer Peak: 3.0 mi
- Anchor Hill: 4.3 mi
- Custer Hill: 4.4 mi
- Bear Den Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Dome Mountain: 5.9 mi
Parks: 20
- Manuel Brothers Park: 6.3 mi
- Richard Gordon Memorial Park: 7.0 mi
- Centennial Park: 12.9 mi
- Sturgis City Park: 13.6 mi
- Lions Club Park: 13.7 mi
Ghost towns: 16
- Flatiron: 5.1 mi
- Terraville: 7.0 mi
- Blacktail: 7.3 mi
- Nahant: 7.5 mi
- Greenwood: 7.6 mi
Museums: 14
- Sanford Lab Homestake Visitor Center: 6.3 mi
- Black Hills Mining Museum: 6.4 mi
- Adams House Museum: 6.9 mi
- Homestake Adams Research & Cultural Center: 6.9 mi
- Adams Museum: 7.2 mi
Historic sites: 8
- U.S.S. Maine Memorial: 7.0 mi
- Ziolkowski - a bust of James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok: 7.2 mi
- Friendship Tower: 9.1 mi
- Stolen Kiss Apartments: 13.1 mi
- Historic Potter's Field: 13.2 mi
Attractions: 7
- Broken Boot Gold Mine: 7.0 mi
- Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane Canary's Graves: 7.1 mi
- Seth Bullock's Grave: 7.2 mi
- Tatanka Story of Bison: 8.6 mi
- Wonderland cave: 9.5 mi
Waterfalls: 4
- Spearfish Falls: 12.8 mi
- Roughlock Falls: 13.3 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 13.4 mi
- Thunderhead Falls: 20.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Roadside picnic: 13.0 mi
- Spring Creek: 24.0 mi
Beaches: 2
- Sheridan Lake North: 23.1 mi
- Sheridan Lake South: 23.7 mi
Artworks: 2
- Pronghorn: 23.9 mi
- Patriarch: 24.3 mi
Gardens: 1
- Spearfish Community Garden: 16.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Brownsville. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crooks Tower | SW 233° | 2,168 m | 13.8 mi |
| Terry Peak | WNW 297° | 2,147 m | 7.9 mi |
| White Tail Peak | SSW 213° | 2,123 m | 12.9 mi |
| Flag Mountain | SSW 205° | 2,103 m | 15.6 mi |
| Laird Peak | WSW 254° | 2,089 m | 16.2 mi |
| Nipple Butte | SSW 204° | 2,072 m | 16.6 mi |
| Custer Peak | SW 224° | 2,071 m | 3.0 mi |
| Deer Mountain | WNW 286° | 2,027 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:58 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 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, 6 mi away.
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