Elkhorn Mountain

Elkhorn Mountain is a peak in Unorganized Territory of Mount Rushmore, Pennington, South Dakota and has an elevation of 6,385 feet. Elkhorn Mountain is situated nearby to the hamlet Kennedyville, as well as near Sylvan Lake Resort.

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 Black Hills mountain range and the U.S. state of South Dakota. 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

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 Wye

Locality

Keystone Wye is an interchange of U.S. Route 16 and US 16A located in the Black Hills of South Dakota, featuring two unique structural glued laminated timber bridges.

Elkhorn Mountain

Type: Peak with an elevation of 6,385 feet
Description: mountain in South Dakota, United States of America
Categories: mountain and landform
Location: Unorganized Territory of Mount Rushmore, Pennington, South Dakota, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.8861° or 43° 53′ 10″ north

Longitude

-103.51603° or 103° 30′ 58″ west

Elevation

6,385 feet (1,946 metres)

Open location code

85MRVFPM+CH

OpenStreetMap ID

node 357094363

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

5764539

Wikidata ID

Q49027872

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In Other Languages

“Elkhorn Mountain” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Elkhorn Mountain (bukid sa Estados Unidos, South Dakota)”
Cebuano: “Elkhorn Mountain”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Upper Pine Creek Natural Area and McKinnon and Millers Claim Mine.

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