Ziolkowski - a bust of James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok
Ziolkowski - a bust of James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok is a historic site in South Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 1,384 m. Crooks Tower stands 2,168 m to the south-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Adams Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway passes 7.9 miles off.
What the record says
- Material
- granite
How to reach it
- 7.9 mi off the Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- White Rocks: 0.4 mi
- Lexington Hill: 1.7 mi
- Mount Theodore Roosevelt: 2.1 mi
- Polo Peak: 3.0 mi
- Whitetail Summit: 3.2 mi
- Blacktail: 1.6 mi
- Terraville: 2.0 mi
- Maitland: 3.9 mi
- Flatiron: 4.0 mi
- Trojan: 5.9 mi
- Richard Gordon Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
- Manuel Brothers Park: 2.3 mi
- Centennial Park: 10.4 mi
- Sturgis City Park: 11.4 mi
- Lions Club Park: 11.8 mi
- Adams Museum: 0.0 mi
- Homestake Adams Research & Cultural Center: 0.3 mi
- Adams House Museum: 0.3 mi
- Days of '76 Museum: 0.9 mi
- Sanford Lab Homestake Visitor Center: 2.4 mi
- U.S.S. Maine Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Friendship Tower: 2.1 mi
- Stolen Kiss Apartments: 7.3 mi
- Historic Potter's Field: 7.6 mi
- General Samuel D. Sturgis Statue: 11.7 mi
- Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane Canary's Graves: 0.2 mi
- Seth Bullock's Grave: 0.3 mi
- Broken Boot Gold Mine: 0.8 mi
- Tatanka Story of Bison: 1.7 mi
- Sturgis Welcome Sign: 10.3 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 8.0 mi
- Spearfish Falls: 10.1 mi
- Roughlock Falls: 10.7 mi
- Mirror Creek Falls: 18.9 mi
- Upper Windy Pine Falls: 19.9 mi
- Roadside picnic: 9.2 mi
- Spearfish Community Garden: 9.7 mi
- Northern Hills Rest Area: 19.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Ziolkowski - a bust of James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crooks Tower | SSW 212° | 2,168 m | 17.9 mi |
| Terry Peak | WSW 237° | 2,147 m | 6.2 mi |
| Custer Peak | S 182° | 2,071 m | 9.1 mi |
| East Cement Ridge | W 262° | 2,034 m | 16.6 mi |
| Deer Mountain | SW 223° | 2,027 m | 7.0 mi |
| West Cement Ridge | W 265° | 2,026 m | 17.2 mi |
| Bald Mountain | WSW 242° | 2,012 m | 5.1 mi |
| Foley Mountain | WSW 246° | 2,001 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:59 | 20:44 |
| 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 | 26 | 27 | 35 | 42 | 52 | 62 | 69 | 68 | 59 | 45 | 35 | 26 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Deadwood, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/7626979798
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