Roughlock Falls
Roughlock Falls is a waterfall in South Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 1,568 m. Crooks Tower stands 2,168 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Spearfish Falls, a waterfall 0.7 miles away. Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway passes 0.6 miles off.
The story
Nature area in South Dakota, United States.
Wikidata Q55138846, matched on coordinates and name (101 m apart).
What the record says
- Height
- 18 m
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Ragged Top Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Elk Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Twin Peaks: 3.5 mi
- Old Baldy Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Foley Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Manuel Brothers Park: 9.0 mi
- Richard Gordon Memorial Park: 10.8 mi
- Baseball Feilds: 20.3 mi
- Centennial Park: 21.0 mi
- Washington Park: 21.2 mi
- Ragged Top: 2.9 mi
- Carbonate: 5.0 mi
- Trojan: 5.2 mi
- Tinton: 5.6 mi
- Crown Hill: 7.4 mi
- Klondike School: 3.7 mi
- Friendship Tower: 9.7 mi
- Ziolkowski - a bust of James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok: 10.7 mi
- U.S.S. Maine Memorial: 10.7 mi
- Stolen Kiss Apartments: 16.8 mi
- Black Hills Mining Museum: 8.7 mi
- Sanford Lab Homestake Visitor Center: 8.9 mi
- The Booth House: 9.8 mi
- Von Bayer Museum of Fish Culture: 9.9 mi
- High Plains Western Heritage Center: 10.4 mi
- Broken Boot Gold Mine: 10.0 mi
- Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane Canary's Graves: 10.9 mi
- Seth Bullock's Grave: 11.0 mi
- Tatanka Story of Bison: 11.8 mi
- Sturgis Welcome Sign: 21.0 mi
- Spearfish Falls: 0.7 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 5.6 mi
- Mirror Creek Falls: 14.9 mi
- Upper Windy Pine Falls: 15.3 mi
- Lower Windy Pine Falls: 15.5 mi
- Roadside picnic: 2.4 mi
- Spearfish Community Garden: 10.5 mi
- Northern Hills Rest Area: 14.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.7 miles of Roughlock Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crooks Tower | S 175° | 2,168 m | 13.5 mi |
| Terry Peak | ESE 106° | 2,147 m | 5.5 mi |
| Laird Peak | SSW 198° | 2,089 m | 10.1 mi |
| Custer Peak | SE 125° | 2,071 m | 12.6 mi |
| East Cement Ridge | W 265° | 2,034 m | 5.9 mi |
| Deer Mountain | ESE 120° | 2,027 m | 6.7 mi |
| West Cement Ridge | W 273° | 2,026 m | 6.6 mi |
| Bald Mountain | E 95° | 2,012 m | 6.1 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 | 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, 10 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: May–Aug — fullest in Jun, leanest in Feb.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 16.6 | 16.2 | 16.3 | 17.8 | 20.9 | 21.1 | 19.6 | 18.8 | 18.1 | 17.9 | 17.6 | 17.1 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Little Spearfish Creek Near Lead, SD, under a mile away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/1417713175
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