Black Elk Peak
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: BHrock, Public domain.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 7,231 feet
- Description: tallest mountain in the US state of South Dakota, and the tallest mountain in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains
- Also known as: “Black Elk’s Peak”, “Harney Peak”, “Harney’s Peak”, “Hinhan Hopi”, “Hinhan Kaga”, “Hinhan Kaga Paha”, “Mount Harney”, “Okawita Paha”, “Opahata I”, and “Saint Elmo Peak”
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. Hill City is situated 5 miles northwest of Black Elk Peak.
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 Elk Peak
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Unorganized Territory of Mount Rushmore, Pennington, South Dakota, Great Plains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.866° or 43° 51′ 58″ northLongitude
-103.53103° or 103° 31′ 52″ westElevation
7,231 feet (2,204 metres)Open location code
85MRVF89+9HOpenStreetMap ID
node 357094463OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
Discover Black Elk Peak from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Black Elk Peak” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قمة بلاك إلك”
- Belarusian: “Блэк-Элк”
- Catalan: “Black Elk Peak”
- Cebuano: “Harney Peak”
- Chinese: “黑麋鹿峰”
- Danish: “Black Elk Peak”
- Danish: “Harney Peak”
- Dutch: “Harney Peak”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل بلاك الك پياك”
- Faroese: “Black Elk Peak”
- Faroese: “Harney Peak”
- French: “Harney Peak”
- French: “pic Black Elk”
- French: “Pic Black Elk”
- Georgian: “ბლეკ-ელკ-პიკი”
- German: “Black Elk Peak”
- German: “Harney Peak”
- Hindi: “ब्लैक एल्क पीक”
- Hindi: “सेंट एल्मो पीक”
- Hindi: “हार्ने की चोटी”
- Hindi: “हिन्हान कागा”
- Icelandic: “Black Elk Peak”
- Icelandic: “Harney Peak”
- Kalaallisut: “Black Elk Peak”
- Kalaallisut: “Harney Peak”
- Ladin: “Black Elk Peak”
- Northern Frisian: “Black Elk Peak”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Black Elk Peak”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Harney Peak”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Black Elk Peak”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Harney Peak”
- Norwegian: “Black Elk Peak”
- Polish: “Harney Peak”
- Portuguese: “Harney Peak”
- Portuguese: “Pico Black Elk”
- Portuguese: “Pico Harney”
- Russian: “Блэк-Элк-Пик”
- Russian: “Пик Харни”
- Slovenian: “Black Elk Peak”
- Swedish: “Black Elk Peak”
- Swedish: “Harney Peak”
- Ukrainian: “Блек Елк Пік”
- Ukrainian: “Харні Пік”
- Western Panjabi: “ٹلہ ہارنی”
- Yue Chinese: “粤语”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Sylvan Lake Resort and Kennedyville.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Upper Pine Creek Natural Area and Custer State Trail Challenge: Devil’s Little Tower.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Black Elk Peak”. Photo: BHrock, Public domain.