Sylvan Lake Dam

Sylvan Lake Dam is a dam in Unorganized Territory of East Custer, South Dakota and has an elevation of 6,161 feet. Sylvan Lake Dam is situated nearby to Black Elk Peak.

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 northeast of Sylvan Lake Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mount Rushmore National Memorial and Custer.

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.

Custer

Photo: Posi66, Public domain.

Custer is a city in the southern Black Hills of South Dakota, the first city founded in the region. The city lines were laid out by the notorious Al Swearengen who was portrayed in the popular HBO series, Deadwood.

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.

Sylvan Lake Dam

Type: Dam
Description: dam in Custer County, South Dakota, United States of America
Location: Unorganized Territory of East Custer, Custer, South Dakota, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.84716° or 43° 50′ 50″ north

Longitude

-103.56612° or 103° 33′ 58″ west

Elevation

6,161 feet (1,878 metres)

Open location code

85MRRCWM+VH

OpenStreetMap ID

node 357095101

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=dam

GeoNames ID

5769588

Wikidata ID

Q49001092

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In Other Languages

“Sylvan Lake Dam” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Sylvan Lake Dam (alihan sa tubig sa Estados Unidos, South Dakota)”
Cebuano: “Sylvan Lake Dam”

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