Black Elk Peak, South Dakota

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 7233 ft / 2205 m
Alternate Name(s)	Harney Peak
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	43° 51' 58'' N, 103° 31' 52'' W 43.865973, -103.531188 (Dec Deg) 618026 E 4858035 N, 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 "Black Elk Peak":      Wikipedia Search      Microsoft Bing Search      Google Search      Yahoo Search Other Web Sites      Harney Peak at SummitPost.org      Harney Peak at ListsOfJohn.com      Weather for Harney Peak at Mountain-Forecast.com      CoHP.org Trip Report for Pennington, SD by Ron Tagliapietra      Elevation of Black Elk (Harney) Peak      CoHP.org Trip Report for Pennington, SD by Carl Millsap Weather and Snow      National Weather Service Forecast      NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Black Elk Peak:      USA Lower 48 Range5 High Points (Rank #378)      USA/Canada Range4 High Points (Rank #127)      USA Lower 48 Peaks with 100 miles of Isolation (Rank #24)      Most Isolated Peaks of the U.S. States (Rank #22)      USA Lower 48 Range4 High Points (Rank #72)      2000-foot Prominence CoHPs - 48 States (Rank #161)      United States State High Points (plus DC) (Rank #15)      CoHP High Five List (Rank #70)      U.S. State High Points (Rank #15)      U.S. National Forest High Points (Rank #76)      Most Prominent Peaks of the U.S. States (Rank #21)      United States Peaks with 100 miles of Isolation (Rank #44)      Contiguous 48 U.S. State High Points (Rank #13)      United States State/Territory High Points (Rank #15)      South Dakota County High Points (Rank #1)      Midwest USA CoHPs (Rank #1)      Combined USA-Canada-Mexico State/Province High Points (Rank #47)      Midwestern Wilderness High Points (Rank #1)      Black Hills 6500-foot Peaks (Rank #1)      Midwest USA Top 25 by Prominence (Rank #1) (Peak is on over 20 lists; Not all shown here.) 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)        Highpoint Adventures: The Complete Guide to the 50 State Highpoints (Winger) Selected Trip Reports from this site:      1989-05-12 by Greg Slayden (GPS Track)      1996-05-24 by Scott Surgent      2005-07-03 by Jamie Bakken      2007-06-15 by Sarah Kin      2008-07-27 by Walter Blume (GPS Track)      2009-07-20 by Melanie Deare      2010-08-29 by Eric Noel      2012-03-11 by Lupe Lunde (Unsuccessful)      2012-07-10 by Andrew DeFeo      2014-04-11 by Weston Broadbent      2014-05-02 by Richard Oestreicher      2014-09-02 by Lupe Lunde      2014-09-25 by Lupe Lunde      2014-10-05 by Trevor Kent      2015-07-23 by Alan Barber      2015-10-07 by Ethan Martinson (GPS Track)      2015-10-18 by Gustav Sexauer      2016-06-27 by Jason Vogler      2016-10-14 by William Musser      2016-11-12 by Kelli Allstot (GPS Track)      2017-08-20 by Zack Lewis (GPS Track)      2017-11-23 by Joe McGillian      2018-06-21 by Will Wente (GPS Track) View ascents of peak by registered Peakbagger.com members (577 total) Nearby Peak Searches:      Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Black Elk Peak      Elevation Ladder from Black Elk Peak      Prominence Ladder from Black Elk Peak

Dynamic Map  Black Elk Peak    Other Peaks Click Here for a Full Screen Map
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 2911 ft/887 m   Optimistic Prominence: 2931 ft/893 m   Line Parent: Mount Nystrom   Key Col: Iron Creek    4320 ft/1317 m
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 139.5 mi/224.5 km    Isolation Limit Point: 42.362595, -105.374528 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Rock Mountain  (SW)
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: 1089 ft/332 m Distance (one way): 3.2 mi/5.15 km
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map

Other Photos

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.

Black Hills, SD Expedition No. 94: Joe and Dusty near the Harney Peak lookout tower (2014-09-02). Photo by Lupe Lunde. Click here for larger-size photo.

Black Hills, SD Expedition No. 92: Lupe on the summit of Peak 6735 looking like she's lost an ear. Harney Peak in the distance at the right side of the photo. Photo is looking WNW (2014-06-09). Photo by Lupe Lunde. Click here for larger-size photo.

Black Hills, SD Expedition No. 97: David near the W edge of the massive granite outcropping extending out to the W of Harney Peak. 7,000 ft. Sylvan Hill is the first ridge visible beyond David (2014-09-25). Photo by Lupe Lunde. Click here for larger-size photo.

Black Hills, SD Expedition No. 102: Lupe on St. Elmo Peak with Harney Peak in the background (2014-10-29). Photo by Lupe Lunde. Click here for larger-size photo.

Black Hills, SD Expedition No. 97: Lupe on the massive granite outcropping just W of the summit of Harney Peak (2014-09-25). Photo by Lupe Lunde. Click here for larger-size photo.

Black Hills, SD Expedition No. 105: Lupe at the summit of Silver Mountain with a cold wind coming out of the SW from the direction of Harney Peak, seen in the distance (2014-11-22). Photo by Lupe Lunde. Click here for larger-size photo.

Alex being zen after a successful ascent (2009-08-01). Photo by Trevor Bollmann. Click here for larger-size photo.

Black Hills, SD Expedition No. 124: Lupe astride Gap Lode Peak. Harney Peak in background left of Lupe (2015-03-28). Photo by Lupe Lunde. Click here for larger-size photo.

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