Ghost town · South Dakota
Carbonate
Carbonate is a ghost town in South Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 1,698 m. Terry Peak stands 2,147 m to the south-southeast, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Crow Peak, a peak 0.8 miles away. Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway passes 1.2 miles off.
ghost town in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States
How to reach it
Coordinates44.40000, -103.86900
- 1.2 mi off the Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Little Crow Peak: 0.8 mi
- Richmond Hill: 1.2 mi
- Twin Peaks: 2.1 mi
- Spearfish Peak: 2.3 mi
- Tetro Rock: 3.1 mi
Parks: 16
- Manuel Brothers Park: 6.2 mi
- Richard Gordon Memorial Park: 7.2 mi
- Centennial Park: 16.9 mi
- Jones Park: 17.7 mi
- Sturgis City Park: 18.0 mi
Ghost towns: 14
- Ragged Top: 2.9 mi
- Crown Hill: 3.1 mi
- Maitland: 3.3 mi
- Trojan: 4.3 mi
- Terraville: 5.8 mi
Historic sites: 13
- Friendship Tower: 5.4 mi
- Ziolkowski - a bust of James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok: 7.1 mi
- U.S.S. Maine Memorial: 7.2 mi
- Klondike School: 8.4 mi
- Stolen Kiss Apartments: 12.1 mi
Museums: 12
- High Plains Western Heritage Center: 5.5 mi
- The Booth House: 5.5 mi
- Von Bayer Museum of Fish Culture: 5.6 mi
- Black Hills Mining Museum: 6.0 mi
- Sanford Lab Homestake Visitor Center: 6.2 mi
Attractions: 7
- Broken Boot Gold Mine: 6.6 mi
- Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane Canary's Graves: 7.3 mi
- Seth Bullock's Grave: 7.4 mi
- Tatanka Story of Bison: 7.6 mi
- Sturgis Welcome Sign: 16.9 mi
Waterfalls: 6
- Bridal Veil Falls: 1.3 mi
- Spearfish Falls: 4.4 mi
- Roughlock Falls: 5.0 mi
- Mirror Creek Falls: 13.1 mi
- Upper Windy Pine Falls: 13.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Roadside picnic: 2.7 mi
Gardens: 1
- Spearfish Community Garden: 6.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Northern Hills Rest Area: 12.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Carbonate. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Peak | SSE 162° | 2,147 m | 5.3 mi |
| Laird Peak | SSW 208° | 2,089 m | 14.8 mi |
| Custer Peak | SSE 148° | 2,071 m | 12.6 mi |
| East Cement Ridge | WSW 247° | 2,034 m | 10.3 mi |
| Deer Mountain | SSE 162° | 2,027 m | 7.1 mi |
| West Cement Ridge | WSW 253° | 2,026 m | 10.7 mi |
| Bald Mountain | SSE 149° | 2,012 m | 4.7 mi |
| Green Mountain | SSE 157° | 2,003 m | 4.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:30 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 20:00 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:16 | 18:55 |
| 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 | 26 | 27 | 35 | 44 | 53 | 63 | 71 | 70 | 61 | 47 | 36 | 27 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Spearfish, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Private beta · Free to join
Take the scenic way to Carbonate.
Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.