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The Booth House

The Booth House from directly overhead

The Booth House is a museum in South Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 1,133 m. Terry Peak stands 2,147 m to the south, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Von Bayer Museum of Fish Culture, a museum 0.1 miles away. Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway passes 0.4 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
The Booth Society

How to reach it

Coordinates44.47974, -103.86178

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Lookout Mountain: 1.6 mi
  • Hamster Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Spearfish Peak: 3.4 mi
  • Crow Peak: 5.0 mi
  • Little Crow Peak: 5.3 mi
Ghost towns: 15
Parks: 13
  • Richard Gordon Memorial Park: 9.9 mi
  • Manuel Brothers Park: 10.1 mi
  • Jones Park: 12.2 mi
  • Weyler Park: 12.6 mi
  • Highland Park: 12.7 mi
Historic sites: 12
Attractions: 8
  • Tatanka Story of Bison: 9.2 mi
  • Broken Boot Gold Mine: 9.6 mi
  • Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane Canary's Graves: 9.8 mi
  • Seth Bullock's Grave: 9.9 mi
  • Paolo Adventures: 12.6 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Spearfish Community Garden: 0.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Northern Hills Rest Area: 9.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of The Booth House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Terry PeakS 173°2,147 m10.6 mi
East Cement RidgeSW 226°2,034 m13.7 mi
Deer MountainS 172°2,027 m12.4 mi
West Cement RidgeSW 231°2,026 m13.6 mi
Bald MountainSSE 168°2,012 m9.8 mi
Green MountainS 172°2,003 m9.6 mi
Foley MountainS 179°2,001 m10.0 mi
Elk MountainS 187°1,952 m9.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:08
June solstice05:1220:0020:44
September equinox06:4318:1618:55
December solstice07:3015:3116:19

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262735445363717061473627
Precip in0.60.91.22.23.73.52.41.91.62.00.70.7

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/292387079

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