Excelsior Mine

Excelsior Mine is a quarry in Unorganized Territory of Mount Rushmore, Pennington, South Dakota and has an elevation of 5,112 feet. Excelsior Mine is situated nearby to Black Elk Peak.

Type: Quarry
Description: mine in Pennington County, South Dakota, United States of America
Address: SD

Places of Interest Nearby

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. Black Elk Peak is situated 2 miles south of Excelsior Mine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hill City and Mount Rushmore National Memorial.

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.

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.

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. Keystone Wye is situated 5 miles northeast of Excelsior Mine.

Excelsior Mine

Categories: mine and industry
Location: Unorganized Territory of Mount Rushmore, Pennington, South Dakota, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.89193° or 43° 53′ 31″ north

Longitude

-103.54214° or 103° 32′ 32″ west

Elevation

5,112 feet (1,558 metres)

Open location code

85MRVFR5+Q4

OpenStreetMap ID

node 368393548

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

GeoNames ID

5764649

Wikidata ID

Q49411241

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In Other Languages

“Excelsior Mine” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Excelsior Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, South Dakota)”
Cebuano: “Excelsior Mine”

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