Harney Peak, South Dakota

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 7244 ft / 2208 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	43° 51' 58'' N; 103° 31' 52'' W 43.865973, -103.531188 (Dec Deg) 618026E 4858035N Zone 13 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	South Dakota (Highest Point)
County/Second Level Region	Pennington (Highest Point)
City/Town	Mount Rushmore
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Harney Peak":      Wikipedia Search      Microsoft Bing Search      Google Search      Yahoo Search Other Web Sites      CoHP.org Trip Report for Pennington, SD by Ron Tagliapietra      CoHP.org Trip Report for Pennington, SD by Carl Millsap Lists that contain Harney Peak:      South Dakota County High Points (Rank #1)      Midwest USA CoHPs (Rank #1)      Midwestern Wilderness High Points (Rank #1)      Black Hills 6500-foot Peaks (Rank #1)      Contiguous 48 U.S. State High Points (Rank #13)      United States State High Points (plus DC) (Rank #15)      U.S. State High Points (Rank #15)      United States State/Territory High Points (Rank #15)      Most Prominent Peaks of the U.S. States (Rank #21)      Most Isolated Peaks of the U.S. States (Rank #22)      USA Lower 48 Peaks with 100 miles of Isolation (Rank #24)      United States Peaks with 100 miles of Isolation (Rank #44)      Combined USA-Canada-Mexico State/Province High Points (Rank #47)      CoHP High Five List (Rank #70)      USA Lower 48 Range4 High Points (Rank #72)      U.S. National Forest High Points (Rank #76)      USA/Canada Range4 High Points (Rank #126)      2000-foot Prominence CoHPs - 48 States (Rank #161)      USA Lower 48 Range5 High Points (Rank #379) Selected Guidebook(s) for this Peak:        Fifty State Summits, Guide with Maps to State Highpoints (Zumwalt)        Highpoints of the United States: A Guide to the Fifty State Summits (Holmes) Selected Trip Reports from this site:      1989-05-12 by Greg Slayden (GPS Track)      2005-07-03 by Jamie Bakken      2006-04-01 by Brian Webb      2007-04-07 by Ted Light      2007-06-15 by Sarah Kin      2007-07-12 by Gustav Sexauer      2008-07-27 by Walter Blume (GPS Track)      2008-09-25 by Eric Kassan      2009-07-20 by Melanie Deare      2009-08-05 by Mark Carter      2010-08-29 by Eric Noel      2010-11-27 by Gokul Gopal      2011-06-15 by Zack Holder      2012-06-04 by Tye Scott      2012-06-23 by Ryder Irvine      2012-07-10 by Andrew DeFeo      2013-07-26 by Andrew Hollis      2014-04-11 by Weston Broadbent      2014-05-02 by Richard Oestreicher      2014-06-09 by Charles Russell View ascents of peak by registered Peakbagger.com members. Nearby Peak Searches:      Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Harney Peak      Elevation Ladder from Harney Peak      Prominence Ladder from Harney Peak

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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 2922 ft/890 m   Optimistic Prominence: 2942 ft/896 m   Line Parent: Mount Nystrom   Key Col: Iron Creek    4320 ft/1317 m
Isolation	140.2 mi/225.62 km Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Peak 7320  (SW) Isolation Limit Point: 42° 20' 27'' N; 105° 21' 43'' W     ILP Map Links: Bing Maps   MSN/Encarta   Google Maps
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: North America Plains Range3: Great Plains Range4: Black Hills (Highest Point) Range5: Southern Black Hills (Highest Point)
Drainage Basins	Missouri Mississippi Gulf of Mexico Atlantic Ocean
Ownership	Land: Black Hills National Forest (Highest Point) Wilderness/Special Area: Black Elk Wilderness Area (Highest Point)
Topo Map	Custer O43103g5 1:24,000
Route #1	Maintained Hiking Trail Trailhead: 6142 ft/1872 m Vertical Gain: 1100 ft/335 m Distance (one way): 3.2 mi/5.15 km

Other Photos

Black Hills, SD Expedition No. 88: Harney Peak, SD summit. The lookout tower is no longer in official use, but serves as an observation deck for hikers. Don't expect solitude here! Harney Peak is well served by the extensive trail system in the Black Elk Wilderness and can be approached from 7 or 8 different trail heads. The most popular trail head is at Sylvan Lake. Photo is looking ENE (2014-05-17). Photo by Lupe Lunde. Click here for larger-size photo.

Black Hills, SD Expedition No. 88: Lupe on Harney Peak. She was more interested in the numerous chipmunks scrambling over the rocks than in the views. Harney Peak offers fabulous 360 degree views of the Black Hills, SD (2014-05-17). Photo by Lupe Lunde. Click here for larger-size photo.

Black Hills, SD Expedition No. 89: Lupe on summit of Sylvan Hill. Harney Peak (center left) and Little Devil's Tower (just left of the highest rock on Sylvan Hill) are visible in the background about 3 miles to the ENE (2014-05-17). Photo by Lupe Lunde. Click here for larger-size photo.

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