Bridal Veil Falls
Bridal Veil Falls is a waterfall in South Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 1,317 m. Terry Peak stands 2,147 m to the south-southeast, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Crow Peak, a peak 0.8 miles away. Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway runs past it.
Large pull off across road.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Crow Peak: 0.8 mi
- Spearfish Peak: 1.6 mi
- Richmond Hill: 2.5 mi
- Twin Peaks: 3.2 mi
- Tetro Rock: 3.5 mi
- Manuel Brothers Park: 7.3 mi
- Richard Gordon Memorial Park: 8.1 mi
- Jones Park: 16.6 mi
- Weyler Park: 17.0 mi
- Highland Park: 17.1 mi
- Carbonate: 1.3 mi
- Crown Hill: 2.0 mi
- Ragged Top: 3.9 mi
- Maitland: 4.1 mi
- Trojan: 5.5 mi
- The Booth House: 4.5 mi
- Von Bayer Museum of Fish Culture: 4.5 mi
- High Plains Western Heritage Center: 4.9 mi
- Black Hills Mining Museum: 7.2 mi
- Sanford Lab Homestake Visitor Center: 7.3 mi
- Friendship Tower: 6.1 mi
- Ziolkowski - a bust of James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok: 8.0 mi
- U.S.S. Maine Memorial: 8.1 mi
- Klondike School: 8.7 mi
- Stolen Kiss Apartments: 12.3 mi
- Broken Boot Gold Mine: 7.5 mi
- Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane Canary's Graves: 8.1 mi
- Seth Bullock's Grave: 8.2 mi
- Tatanka Story of Bison: 8.3 mi
- Paolo Adventures: 17.0 mi
- Spearfish Falls: 5.0 mi
- Roughlock Falls: 5.6 mi
- Mirror Creek Falls: 11.9 mi
- Upper Windy Pine Falls: 12.7 mi
- Lower Windy Pine Falls: 12.7 mi
- Roadside picnic: 3.2 mi
- Spearfish Community Garden: 5.1 mi
- Northern Hills Rest Area: 11.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Bridal Veil Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Peak | SSE 160° | 2,147 m | 6.5 mi |
| Custer Peak | SSE 149° | 2,071 m | 13.9 mi |
| East Cement Ridge | WSW 240° | 2,034 m | 10.3 mi |
| Deer Mountain | SSE 161° | 2,027 m | 8.4 mi |
| West Cement Ridge | WSW 246° | 2,026 m | 10.5 mi |
| Bald Mountain | SSE 150° | 2,012 m | 5.9 mi |
| Green Mountain | SSE 156° | 2,003 m | 5.6 mi |
| Foley Mountain | S 169° | 2,001 m | 5.8 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 | 06:43 | 18:16 | 18:55 |
| 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 | 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, 6 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jun — fullest in May, leanest in Jan.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 0.7 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 10.3 | 16.0 | 6.5 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.9 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Cleopatra Creek Near Spearfish, SD, 1 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/4350191972
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