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Lower Windy Pine Falls

Lower Windy Pine Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Lower Windy Pine Falls is a waterfall in South Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 1,078 m. Terry Peak stands 2,147 m to the south-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Windy Pine Falls, a waterfall 0.2 miles away. Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway passes 9.0 miles off.

What the record says

Height
1.5 m
Width
0.5 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.56409, -104.03481

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Windy Butte: 0.2 mi
  • Yucca Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Pine Butte: 0.8 mi
  • Beulah Butte: 1.0 mi
  • Trout Ridge: 1.3 mi
Parks: 15
  • Weyler Park: 11.3 mi
  • Jones Park: 11.3 mi
  • Highland Park: 11.6 mi
  • Hermann Park: 11.6 mi
  • Gay Park: 12.1 mi
Museums: 11
Ghost towns: 11
Historic sites: 11
Attractions: 6
  • Paolo Adventures: 11.1 mi
  • Tatanka Story of Bison: 19.5 mi
  • Broken Boot Gold Mine: 19.6 mi
  • Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane Canary's Graves: 20.0 mi
  • Seth Bullock's Grave: 20.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Northern Hills Rest Area: 1.3 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Spearfish Community Garden: 10.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Lower Windy Pine Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Terry PeakSSE2,147 m19.1 mi
East Cement RidgeS2,034 m15.4 mi
West Cement RidgeS2,026 m14.6 mi
Bald MountainSE2,012 m18.6 mi
Foley MountainSSE2,001 m18.1 mi
Elk MountainSSE1,952 m16.6 mi
War Eagle HillSSE1,930 m17.0 mi
Mineral HillS1,918 m13.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3019:09
June solstice05:1220:0120:45
September equinox06:4418:1718:55
December solstice07:3115:3116:20

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272736445464717060473527
Precip in0.91.21.42.83.93.82.32.01.62.31.10.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bear Ridge, 5 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Mar–Jun — fullest in May, leanest in Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs34.134.936.941.357.150.427.726.528.031.735.534.9

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Redwater Creek AT Wy-sd State Line, 1 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10019036649

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