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Black Hills Mining Museum

Black Hills Mining Museum from directly overhead

Black Hills Mining Museum is a museum in South Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 1,594 m. Crooks Tower stands 2,168 m to the south-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Sanford Lab Homestake Visitor Center, a museum 0.2 miles away. Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway passes 6.1 miles off.

What to expect

Fee
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates44.35174, -103.76717

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Whitetail Summit: 0.8 mi
  • Sugarloaf Mountain: 2.2 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 2.7 mi
  • White Rocks: 2.9 mi
  • Mount Theodore Roosevelt: 3.2 mi
Ghost towns: 16
Parks: 13
  • Manuel Brothers Park: 0.3 mi
  • Richard Gordon Memorial Park: 2.4 mi
  • Centennial Park: 12.7 mi
  • Sturgis City Park: 13.7 mi
  • Lions Club Park: 14.0 mi
Historic sites: 13
Attractions: 8
  • Broken Boot Gold Mine: 1.8 mi
  • Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane Canary's Graves: 2.6 mi
  • Seth Bullock's Grave: 2.8 mi
  • Tatanka Story of Bison: 4.2 mi
  • Sturgis Welcome Sign: 12.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Spearfish Community Garden: 10.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Northern Hills Rest Area: 18.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Black Hills Mining Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Crooks TowerSSW 209°2,168 m15.5 mi
Terry PeakWSW 244°2,147 m3.8 mi
White Tail PeakSSW 192°2,123 m16.4 mi
Laird PeakSW 231°2,089 m15.4 mi
Custer PeakSSE 168°2,071 m7.6 mi
East Cement RidgeW 268°2,034 m14.6 mi
Deer MountainSW 220°2,027 m4.5 mi
West Cement RidgeW 271°2,026 m15.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:2919:08
June solstice05:1219:5920:44
September equinox06:4318:1618:54
December solstice07:2915:3116:19

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F282836435262696860463628
Precip in1.51.82.23.54.93.83.12.32.03.31.71.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lead, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1194409521

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