Upper Pine Creek Natural Area

Upper Pine Creek Natural Area is a park in Pennington, South Dakota and has an elevation of 5,909 feet. Upper Pine Creek Natural Area is situated nearby to the hamlet Sylvan Lake Resort, as well as near Kennedyville.

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 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

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

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.

Etta

Locality

Etta, also known as Etta Camp and Etta Mine, is a ghost town in Pennington County, South Dakota, United States. It was a successful mining town, known for its discovery of the largest spodumene crystal ever found. Etta is situated 4½ miles east of Upper Pine Creek Natural Area.

Upper Pine Creek Natural Area

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: Pennington, South Dakota, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.87082° or 43° 52′ 15″ north

Longitude

-103.51297° or 103° 30′ 47″ west

Elevation

5,909 feet (1,801 metres)

Open location code

85MRVFCP+8R

OpenStreetMap ID

node 357095627

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

5769936

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Sylvan Lake Resort and Kennedyville.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Elkhorn Mountain and McKinnon and Millers Claim Mine.

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