Roadside picnic
Roadside picnic is a picnic site in South Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 1,451 m. Crooks Tower stands 2,168 m to the south, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Ragged Top Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway runs past it.
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How to reach it
Overlooks nearby
- Pull out · 1 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ragged Top Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Twin Peaks: 1.8 mi
- Little Crow Peak: 2.4 mi
- Elk Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Richmond Hill: 2.9 mi
- Manuel Brothers Park: 7.8 mi
- Richard Gordon Memorial Park: 9.2 mi
- Centennial Park: 19.3 mi
- Jones Park: 19.5 mi
- Weyler Park: 19.9 mi
- Ragged Top: 1.9 mi
- Carbonate: 2.7 mi
- Trojan: 4.5 mi
- Crown Hill: 5.1 mi
- Maitland: 5.7 mi
- Klondike School: 5.7 mi
- Friendship Tower: 7.8 mi
- Ziolkowski - a bust of James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok: 9.2 mi
- U.S.S. Maine Memorial: 9.2 mi
- Stolen Kiss Apartments: 14.7 mi
- Black Hills Mining Museum: 7.5 mi
- The Booth House: 7.5 mi
- Von Bayer Museum of Fish Culture: 7.6 mi
- Sanford Lab Homestake Visitor Center: 7.7 mi
- High Plains Western Heritage Center: 8.0 mi
- Broken Boot Gold Mine: 8.5 mi
- Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane Canary's Graves: 9.3 mi
- Seth Bullock's Grave: 9.5 mi
- Tatanka Story of Bison: 10.0 mi
- Sturgis Welcome Sign: 19.3 mi
- Spearfish Falls: 1.9 mi
- Roughlock Falls: 2.4 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 3.2 mi
- Mirror Creek Falls: 13.5 mi
- Upper Windy Pine Falls: 14.1 mi
- Spearfish Community Garden: 8.2 mi
- Northern Hills Rest Area: 13.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Roadside picnic. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crooks Tower | S 181° | 2,168 m | 15.3 mi |
| Terry Peak | SE 132° | 2,147 m | 5.2 mi |
| Laird Peak | SSW 202° | 2,089 m | 12.5 mi |
| Custer Peak | SE 136° | 2,071 m | 12.8 mi |
| East Cement Ridge | WSW 251° | 2,034 m | 7.7 mi |
| Deer Mountain | SE 140° | 2,027 m | 6.9 mi |
| West Cement Ridge | W 259° | 2,026 m | 8.1 mi |
| Bald Mountain | ESE 118° | 2,012 m | 5.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:30 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 20:00 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 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 | 26 | 27 | 35 | 44 | 53 | 63 | 71 | 70 | 61 | 47 | 36 | 27 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Spearfish, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/4351317176
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