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Northern US Great Plains

Range Type	Bogus mountain grouping for this site
Highest Point	Red Benchmark (5450 ft/1661 m)
Countries	United States
States/Provinces	South Dakota (36%), North Dakota (31%), Montana (24%), Minnesota (6%), Wyoming (2%), Iowa (1%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	144,774 sq mi / 374,965 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	392 mi / 632 km North-South 672 mi / 1,082 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	45° 19' N; 101° 1' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Northern US Great Plains
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Note: Range borders shown on map are an approximation and are not authoritative.
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Northern US Great Plains.

Great Plains	Level 3 (Parent)
Canadian Great Plains	Level 4 (Sibling)
Northern US Great Plains	Level 4
Missouri-Yellowstone Plains	Level 5 (Child)
Southeast Montana Plains	Level 5 (Child)
West-Central Dakota Plains	Level 5 (Child)
East Central Dakota Plains	Level 5 (Child)
Sioux River Upland	Level 5 (Child)
Black Hills	Level 4 (Sibling)
Central Great Plains	Level 4 (Sibling)
Southern Great Plains	Level 4 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Northern US Great Plains

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range5
1.	Red Benchmark	5450	1661	Southeast Montana Plains
2.	Peak 4960	4960+	1512+	Southeast Montana Plains
3.	Rosebud County High Point	4807	1465	Southeast Montana Plains
4.	Fake Rosebud High Point	4763	1452	Southeast Montana Plains
5.	W Butte	4450	1356	Southeast Montana Plains
6.	Badger Peak	4422	1348	Southeast Montana Plains
7.	Powder River County High Point	4420+	1347+	Southeast Montana Plains
8.	Home Creek Butte	4407	1343	Southeast Montana Plains
9.	Liscom Butte	4342	1323	Southeast Montana Plains
10.	Bear Skull Mountain	4300	1311	Southeast Montana Plains
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range5
1.	Red Benchmark	5450	1661	Southeast Montana Plains
2.	Harding Peak	4019	1225	West-Central Dakota Plains
3.	Peak 3723	3723	1135	Missouri-Yellowstone Plains
4.	Kidder County High Point	2320+	707+	East Central Dakota Plains
5.	Roberts County High Point	2135	651	Sioux River Upland

Photos of Peaks in the Northern US Great Plains

Rosebud County High Point On a cloudy socked in day if you stumble upon this tree you know you're at the highest point in Rosebud County (2016-05-28). Photo by Jobe Wymore. Click here for larger-size photo.	W Butte The W Butte as seen from the northern Powder River County Highpoint to the south (2015-06-01). Photo by Gustav Sexauer. Click here for larger-size photo.
Treasure County High Point Looking South off of the highest point in Treasure County, Edwards last Western Contig. Glass jar register was missing the top thus the history it contained was brittle (2016-05-29). Photo by Jobe Wymore. Click here for larger-size photo.	Custer County High Point Summit cairn with view looking East (2016-05-28). Photo by Jobe Wymore. Click here for larger-size photo.
Castle Rock Butte Castle Rock Butte, looking west from the near the geographic center of the U.S.A. Click here for larger-size photo.	Garfield County High Point The 2 contenders for the Garfield CoHP. The highest appears to be the one on the far left but not by much (2016-05-21). Photo by Jobe Wymore. Click here for larger-size photo.
White Butte White Butte, North Dakota rises above cattle grazing lands (1989-05-13).	Sharpshooter Ridge Sharpshooter Ridge from far parking area. Highest ridge is the HP (2021-08-13). Photo by Dave Covill. Click here for larger-size photo.
Sentinel Butte Sentinel Butte and the town of the same name viewed from the north coming from I-94 (2014-05-02). Photo by Gustav Sexauer. Click here for larger-size photo.	Camels Hump Butte Camels Hump Butte from the west (2016-08-17). Photo by Dylan Fowler. Click here for larger-size photo.

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