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Heppner

Heppner from directly overhead

Heppner is a ghost town in South Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 1,069 m. Pilger Mountain stands 1,461 m to the northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Stage Hill, a peak 1.6 miles away. Gold Rush Byway passes 24 miles off. 57 named places lie within 25 miles, 27 of them named summits.

ghost town in South Dakota, US

The record

What the record says

Founded
1914
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.24692, -103.54992
Around it

57 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 27
  • Stage Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Tepee Mountain: 3.3 mi
  • Flagpole Mountain: 4.2 mi
  • Roundtop Hill: 9.2 mi
  • Flint Hill: 9.2 mi
Parks: 16
  • Umiker Park: 12.8 mi
  • Butler Park: 12.8 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 12.9 mi
  • Brookside Park: 13.1 mi
  • Centennial Park: 13.3 mi
Attractions: 3
  • The Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, SD: 12.7 mi
  • Tour Starts here: 21.6 mi
  • Tour starts here: 21.7 mi
Museums: 3
  • World Fossil Finder Museum: 13.0 mi
  • Pioneer Museum: 13.4 mi
  • Trails Trains And Pioneers Museum: 14.3 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • Kidney Springs Gazebo: 13.4 mi
  • Battle Mountain Monument: 13.9 mi
  • Stephen Tyng Mather: 21.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Cowboy Artwork: 16.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Heppner. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pilger MountainNW 315°1,461 m24.9 mi
Parker PeakNW 326°1,449 m12.7 mi
Elk KnobN 4°1,447 m22.0 mi
Matias PeakNW 320°1,432 m14.7 mi
Horse Trap MountainNNW 333°1,426 m10.5 mi
Elk MountainN 8°1,373 m21.9 mi
Flint HillNW 315°1,356 m9.2 mi
Roundtop HillNNW 343°1,351 m9.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:07
June solstice05:1519:5520:39
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:2415:3616:22

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272939465666737163493728
Precip in0.40.61.02.13.33.12.42.01.41.40.40.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — HOT Springs, 14 mi away.

Sources

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Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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