Ghost town · South Dakota
Crown Hill
Crown Hill is a ghost town in South Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 1,212 m. Terry Peak stands 2,147 m to the south-southeast, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Spearfish Peak, a peak 1.2 miles away. Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway runs past it.
human settlement in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States of America
How to reach it
Coordinates44.44444, -103.87139
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Spearfish Peak: 1.2 mi
- Little Crow Peak: 2.8 mi
- Hamster Hill: 3.7 mi
- Lookout Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Tetro Rock: 3.9 mi
Parks: 16
- Manuel Brothers Park: 8.4 mi
- Richard Gordon Memorial Park: 8.6 mi
- Jones Park: 14.7 mi
- Weyler Park: 15.0 mi
- Highland Park: 15.2 mi
Ghost towns: 13
- Carbonate: 3.1 mi
- Maitland: 4.7 mi
- Ragged Top: 5.9 mi
- Trojan: 7.3 mi
- Blacktail: 7.5 mi
Museums: 12
- The Booth House: 2.5 mi
- Von Bayer Museum of Fish Culture: 2.6 mi
- High Plains Western Heritage Center: 3.3 mi
- Black Hills Mining Museum: 8.2 mi
- Sanford Lab Homestake Visitor Center: 8.3 mi
Historic sites: 12
- Friendship Tower: 6.4 mi
- Ziolkowski - a bust of James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok: 8.5 mi
- U.S.S. Maine Memorial: 8.6 mi
- Klondike School: 10.3 mi
- Stolen Kiss Apartments: 11.5 mi
Attractions: 7
- Broken Boot Gold Mine: 8.1 mi
- Tatanka Story of Bison: 8.4 mi
- Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane Canary's Graves: 8.6 mi
- Seth Bullock's Grave: 8.7 mi
- Paolo Adventures: 15.0 mi
Waterfalls: 6
- Bridal Veil Falls: 2.0 mi
- Spearfish Falls: 7.0 mi
- Roughlock Falls: 7.4 mi
- Mirror Creek Falls: 10.6 mi
- Upper Windy Pine Falls: 11.5 mi
Gardens: 1
- Spearfish Community Garden: 3.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Roadside picnic: 5.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Northern Hills Rest Area: 10.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Crown Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Peak | SSE 168° | 2,147 m | 8.3 mi |
| Custer Peak | SSE 154° | 2,071 m | 15.4 mi |
| East Cement Ridge | SW 233° | 2,034 m | 11.8 mi |
| Deer Mountain | SSE 167° | 2,027 m | 10.1 mi |
| West Cement Ridge | WSW 239° | 2,026 m | 11.8 mi |
| Bald Mountain | SSE 161° | 2,012 m | 7.5 mi |
| Foley Mountain | S 175° | 2,001 m | 7.6 mi |
| Elk Mountain | S 186° | 1,952 m | 6.6 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, 4 mi away.
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