Horse Thief Lake
Horse Thief Lake is a lake in Pennington County, South Dakota. It is approximately two miles northwest of Mount Rushmore, the closest lake to the monument. The lake's name is derived from the fact a gang of horse thieves operated there.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Reservoir
- Description: lake of the United States of America
- Also known as: “Horsethief Lake”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Rushmore.
Mount Rushmore
Photo: ArthurTilton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a national memorial centered on a colossal sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills near Keystone, South Dakota, United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mount Rushmore National Memorial and Keystone.
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
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.
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.
Horse Thief Lake
- Categories: lake and body of water
- Location: Pennington, South Dakota, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude
43.89296° or 43° 53′ 35″ northLongitude
-103.48167° or 103° 28′ 54″ westElevation
4,928 feet (1,502 metres)Open location code
85MRVGV9+58OpenStreetMap ID
way 45778832OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirGeoNames ID
5765731Wikidata ID
Q5905560
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to French—“Horse Thief Lake” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Horse Thief Lake”
- French: “Horse Thief Lake”
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