Ghost town · South Dakota
Flatiron
Flatiron is a ghost town in South Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 1,653 m. Crooks Tower stands 2,168 m to the south-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Whitetail Summit, a peak 1.1 miles away. Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway passes 5.2 miles off.
ghost town in South Dakota, United States
How to reach it
Coordinates44.32637, -103.76853
- 5.2 mi off the Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Whitetail Summit: 1.1 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Bald Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Deer Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Terry Peak: 3.3 mi
Ghost towns: 16
- Terraville: 2.5 mi
- Blacktail: 3.0 mi
- Trojan: 3.6 mi
- Brownsville: 5.1 mi
- Maitland: 5.2 mi
Parks: 13
- Manuel Brothers Park: 1.9 mi
- Richard Gordon Memorial Park: 3.8 mi
- Centennial Park: 13.5 mi
- Sturgis City Park: 14.5 mi
- Lions Club Park: 14.7 mi
Historic sites: 13
- U.S.S. Maine Memorial: 3.8 mi
- Ziolkowski - a bust of James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok: 4.0 mi
- Friendship Tower: 5.0 mi
- Stolen Kiss Apartments: 11.3 mi
- Historic Potter's Field: 11.5 mi
Museums: 12
- Black Hills Mining Museum: 1.8 mi
- Sanford Lab Homestake Visitor Center: 1.8 mi
- Homestake Adams Research & Cultural Center: 3.8 mi
- Adams House Museum: 3.8 mi
- Adams Museum: 3.9 mi
Attractions: 7
- Broken Boot Gold Mine: 3.3 mi
- Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane Canary's Graves: 4.0 mi
- Seth Bullock's Grave: 4.2 mi
- Tatanka Story of Bison: 5.7 mi
- Sturgis Welcome Sign: 13.5 mi
Waterfalls: 6
- Spearfish Falls: 8.2 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 8.3 mi
- Roughlock Falls: 8.8 mi
- Mirror Creek Falls: 20.2 mi
- Upper Windy Pine Falls: 21.0 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Roadside picnic: 8.0 mi
Gardens: 1
- Spearfish Community Garden: 11.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Northern Hills Rest Area: 20.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Flatiron. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crooks Tower | SSW 212° | 2,168 m | 13.9 mi |
| Terry Peak | W 271° | 2,147 m | 3.3 mi |
| White Tail Peak | SSW 193° | 2,123 m | 14.7 mi |
| Laird Peak | SW 236° | 2,089 m | 14.3 mi |
| Custer Peak | SSE 164° | 2,071 m | 5.9 mi |
| East Cement Ridge | W 274° | 2,034 m | 14.5 mi |
| Deer Mountain | WSW 239° | 2,027 m | 3.3 mi |
| West Cement Ridge | W 277° | 2,026 m | 15.3 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 | 20:43 |
| 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, 2 mi away.
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