Black Hills
The Black Hills is an isolated mountain range rising from the Great Plains of North America in western South Dakota and extending into Wyoming, United States. Black Elk Peak, which rises to 7,242 feet, is the range's highest summit.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Runner1928, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Mountain range with an elevation of 4,495 feet
- Description: mountain range in South Dakota and Wyoming and holy site of Native Americans
- Also known as: “Black Mountains”, “Costa Negra”, and “Paha Sapa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Black Elk Peak.
Black Elk Peak
Peak
Photo: BHrock, Public domain.
Black Elk Peak, formerly known as Harney Peak, is the highest natural point in the U.S. state of South Dakota and the Midwestern United States. It lies in the Black Elk Wilderness area, in southern Pennington County, in the Black Hills.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mount Rushmore National Memorial and Hill City.
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Photo: ArthurTilton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a United States national memorial in the Black Hills of west South Dakota. This national icon features the monumental faces of four former Presidents – George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln – blasted and carved from the white rock of a mountain.
Hill City
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Hill City, in the Black Hills of western South Dakota, is known as the "Heart of the Hills", as it is close to the geographical center of the Black Hills.
Keystone
Keystone is a tiny town in the Black Hills of South Dakota, at the entrance to the popular Mount Rushmore National Memorial. It offers a full range of accommodations, but at the price of a "tourist trap" veneer.
Black Hills
- Categories: sacred place and landform
- Location: Lawrence, South Dakota, Great Plains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.86928° or 43° 52′ 9″ northLongitude
-103.52649° or 103° 31′ 35″ westElevation
4,495 feet (1,370 metres)Open location code
85MRVF9F+PCOpenStreetMap ID
node 5121933121OpenStreetMap feature
natural=mountain_range
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Black Hills” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Black Hills”
- Albanian: “Black Hills”
- Arabic: “بلاك هيلز”
- Armenian: “Բլեք Հիլզ”
- Asturian: “Black Hills”
- Bashkir: “Блэк-Хилс”
- Basque: “Black Hills”
- Bavarian: “Black Hills”
- Belarusian: “Блэк Гілз”
- Belarusian: “Блэк-Хілс”
- Bengali: “ব্ল্যাক হিল্স”
- Bulgarian: “Блек Хилс”
- Catalan: “Black Hills”
- Cebuano: “Black Hills”
- Cheyenne: “Mo’ôhtávo’honáéva”
- Chinese: “布莱克山”
- Chinese: “布萊克山脈”
- Chinese: “黑山 (美國)”
- Croatian: “Black Hills”
- Czech: “Black Hills”
- Danish: “Black Hills”
- Dutch: “Black Hills”
- Esperanto: “Nigraj montetoj”
- Esperanto: “Nigraj Montetoj”
- Estonian: “Black Hills”
- Finnish: “Black Hills”
- Finnish: “Mustat kukkulat”
- French: “Black Hills”
- Galician: “Black Hills”
- German: “Black Hills”
- German: “Black Mountains”
- German: “Costa Negra”
- German: “Paha Sapa”
- Hebrew: “הגבעות השחורות”
- Hindi: “काली पहाड़ियाँ”
- Hindi: “पाहा सापा”
- Hindi: “ब्लैक हिल्स”
- Indonesian: “Black Hills”
- Italian: “Black Hills”
- Japanese: “ブラックヒルズ”
- Korean: “블랙힐스”
- Ladin: “Black Hills”
- Latin: “Colles Nigri”
- Latvian: “Melnie kalni”
- Lithuanian: “Juodieji kalnai”
- Northern Frisian: “Black Hills”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Black Hills”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Black Hills”
- Norwegian: “Black Hills”
- Panjabi: “ਕਾਲੀਆਂ ਪਹਾੜੀਆਂ”
- Persian: “بلک هیلز”
- Polish: “Black Hills”
- Polish: “Black Mountains”
- Polish: “Costa Negra”
- Polish: “Czarne Góry”
- Polish: “Paha Sapa”
- Portuguese: “Black Hills”
- Romanian: “Black Hills”
- Russian: “Блэк-Хиллс”
- Russian: “Блэк-Хилс”
- Serbian: “Blek Hils”
- Slovenian: “Black Hills”
- Spanish: “Colinas Negras”
- Swahili: “Milima ya Black Hills”
- Swedish: “Black Hills”
- Turkish: “Black Hills”
- Ukrainian: “Блек-Гіллс”
- Urdu: “بلیک ہلز”
- Venetian: “Black Hills”
- Vietnamese: “Black Hills”
- Western Frisian: “Black Hills”
- Yue Chinese: “布拉克山脈”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Sylvan Lake Resort and Kennedyville.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Upper Pine Creek Natural Area and Dewey Mine.
South Dakota: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Pierre, Sioux Falls, Rapid City, and Aberdeen.
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