Ghost town · South Dakota
Tinton
Tinton is a ghost town in South Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 1,817 m. Crooks Tower stands 2,168 m to the south-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Negro Hill, a peak 0.1 miles away. Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway passes 6.0 miles off.
ghost town in South Dakota
How to reach it
Coordinates44.38050, -104.04900
- 6.0 mi off the Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Negro Hill: 0.1 mi
- Sunshine Hill: 0.3 mi
- Grandview Hill: 0.5 mi
- Beartown Hill: 1.2 mi
- Mineral Hill: 1.7 mi
Parks: 15
- Manuel Brothers Park: 14.3 mi
- Baseball Feilds: 14.8 mi
- Washington Park: 15.7 mi
- Sport Feilds: 15.8 mi
- Richard Gordon Memorial Park: 15.9 mi
Ghost towns: 11
- Ragged Top: 8.2 mi
- Carbonate: 9.0 mi
- Crown Hill: 9.8 mi
- Trojan: 10.8 mi
- Maitland: 12.3 mi
Museums: 11
- The Booth House: 11.5 mi
- Von Bayer Museum of Fish Culture: 11.6 mi
- High Plains Western Heritage Center: 13.1 mi
- Black Hills Mining Museum: 14.1 mi
- Sanford Lab Homestake Visitor Center: 14.2 mi
Historic sites: 10
- Klondike School: 3.5 mi
- Friendship Tower: 14.4 mi
- Ziolkowski - a bust of James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok: 15.8 mi
- U.S.S. Maine Memorial: 15.9 mi
- Stolen Kiss Apartments: 21.0 mi
Waterfalls: 6
- Roughlock Falls: 5.6 mi
- Spearfish Falls: 6.2 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 8.7 mi
- Mirror Creek Falls: 12.5 mi
- Upper Windy Pine Falls: 12.5 mi
Attractions: 6
- Broken Boot Gold Mine: 15.1 mi
- Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane Canary's Graves: 16.0 mi
- Seth Bullock's Grave: 16.1 mi
- Sundance Kid statue: 16.3 mi
- Tatanka Story of Bison: 16.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Roadside picnic: 6.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Northern Hills Rest Area: 11.4 mi
Gardens: 1
- Spearfish Community Garden: 12.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.2 miles of Tinton. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crooks Tower | SSE 157° | 2,168 m | 16.8 mi |
| Terry Peak | ESE 109° | 2,147 m | 11.2 mi |
| Laird Peak | S 170° | 2,089 m | 11.9 mi |
| East Cement Ridge | SSW 194° | 2,034 m | 2.7 mi |
| Deer Mountain | ESE 116° | 2,027 m | 12.3 mi |
| West Cement Ridge | SW 216° | 2,026 m | 2.2 mi |
| Green Mountain | ESE 104° | 2,003 m | 10.9 mi |
| Foley Mountain | ESE 109° | 2,001 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:30 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 20:00 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:32 | 16:20 |
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 | 27 | 27 | 36 | 44 | 54 | 64 | 71 | 70 | 60 | 47 | 35 | 27 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bear Ridge, 8 mi away.
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