Sanford Lab Homestake Visitor Center
Sanford Lab Homestake Visitor Center is a museum in South Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 1,577 m. Crooks Tower stands 2,168 m to the south-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Manuel Brothers Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway passes 6.2 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority
How to reach it
- 6.2 mi off the Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Pull out · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Whitetail Summit: 0.9 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 2.3 mi
- White Rocks: 2.7 mi
- Bald Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Mount Theodore Roosevelt: 3.2 mi
- Terraville: 0.7 mi
- Blacktail: 1.2 mi
- Flatiron: 1.8 mi
- Maitland: 3.7 mi
- Trojan: 3.7 mi
- Manuel Brothers Park: 0.1 mi
- Richard Gordon Memorial Park: 2.3 mi
- Centennial Park: 12.5 mi
- Sturgis City Park: 13.6 mi
- Lions Club Park: 13.9 mi
- U.S.S. Maine Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Ziolkowski - a bust of James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok: 2.4 mi
- Friendship Tower: 3.2 mi
- Stolen Kiss Apartments: 9.7 mi
- Historic Potter's Field: 9.9 mi
- Black Hills Mining Museum: 0.2 mi
- Homestake Adams Research & Cultural Center: 2.2 mi
- Adams House Museum: 2.3 mi
- Adams Museum: 2.3 mi
- Days of '76 Museum: 3.3 mi
- Broken Boot Gold Mine: 1.6 mi
- Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane Canary's Graves: 2.5 mi
- Seth Bullock's Grave: 2.7 mi
- Tatanka Story of Bison: 4.0 mi
- Sturgis Welcome Sign: 12.5 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 7.3 mi
- Spearfish Falls: 8.2 mi
- Roughlock Falls: 8.9 mi
- Mirror Creek Falls: 18.9 mi
- Upper Windy Pine Falls: 19.8 mi
- Roadside picnic: 7.7 mi
- Spearfish Community Garden: 10.3 mi
- Northern Hills Rest Area: 18.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of Sanford Lab Homestake Visitor Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crooks Tower | SSW 209° | 2,168 m | 15.6 mi |
| Terry Peak | WSW 244° | 2,147 m | 3.9 mi |
| White Tail Peak | SSW 192° | 2,123 m | 16.5 mi |
| Laird Peak | SW 231° | 2,089 m | 15.5 mi |
| Custer Peak | S 169° | 2,071 m | 7.6 mi |
| East Cement Ridge | W 268° | 2,034 m | 14.7 mi |
| Deer Mountain | SW 221° | 2,027 m | 4.6 mi |
| West Cement Ridge | W 271° | 2,026 m | 15.4 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 | 20:44 |
| 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 | 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, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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