Bobtail Gulch

Bobtail Gulch is a valley in Lawrence, South Dakota and has an elevation of 4,820 feet. Bobtail Gulch is situated nearby to the hamlet Blacktail, as well as near Gayville.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Moriah Cemetery and Bullock Hotel.

Mount Moriah Cemetery

Cemetery

Photo: Sue, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mount Moriah Cemetery on Mount Moriah in Deadwood, South Dakota, is the burial place of Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, Seth Bullock and other notable figures of the Wild West. Mount Moriah Cemetery is situated 2 miles east of Bobtail Gulch.

Bullock Hotel

Hotel

The historic Bullock Hotel is located at the corner of Wall Street and Main Street in Deadwood, South Dakota. It was built by Seth Bullock, an early sheriff of Deadwood, and his business partner Sol Star, in around 1895 at a cost of $40,000 and is the oldest hotel in Deadwood, boasting a casino, restaurant, and 28 of its original 63 rooms. Bullock Hotel is situated 1½ miles east of Bobtail Gulch.

Sanford Underground Research Facility

Photo: Sanford Lab, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Sanford Underground Research Facility, or Sanford Lab, is an underground laboratory in Lead, South Dakota. The deepest underground laboratory in the United States, it houses multiple experiments in areas such as dark matter and neutrino physics research, biology, geology and engineering. Sanford Underground Research Facility is situated 1½ miles south of Bobtail Gulch.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Central City and Lead.

Central City

Village

Central City is a city in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 93 at the 2020 census.

Lead

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Lead is a city in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 2,982 at the 2020 census. Lead is located in western South Dakota, in the Black Hills near the Wyoming state line.

Deadwood

Photo: Robbschultz69, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Deadwood is a town in the Black Hills of South Dakota. It is rivaled only by Tombstone, Arizona as America's most storied town from the wild frontier days.

Bobtail Gulch

Type: Valley with an elevation of 4,820 feet
Category: landform
Location: Lawrence, South Dakota, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.3686° or 44° 22′ 7″ north

Longitude

-103.76159° or 103° 45′ 42″ west

Elevation

4,820 feet (1,469 metres)

Open location code

85PR969Q+C9

GeoNames ID

5762950

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