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Black Hills

Range Type	Mountain range with well-recognized name
Highest Point	Black Elk Peak (7231 ft/2204 m)
Countries	United States
States/Provinces	South Dakota (68%), Wyoming (32%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	8,426 sq mi / 21,824 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	121 mi / 194 km North-South 143 mi / 230 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	44° 8' N; 103° 44' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Black Hills
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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 Black Hills.

Great Plains	Level 3 (Parent)
Canadian Great Plains	Level 4 (Sibling)
Northern US Great Plains	Level 4 (Sibling)
Black Hills	Level 4
Belle Fourche-Little Missouri Area	Level 5 (Child)
Bear Lodge Mountains	Level 5 (Child)
Northern Black Hills	Level 5 (Child)
Southern Black Hills	Level 5 (Child)
Central Great Plains	Level 4 (Sibling)
Southern Great Plains	Level 4 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Black Hills

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range5
1.	Black Elk Peak	7231	2204	Southern Black Hills
2.	McGillicuddy Peak	7229	2203	Southern Black Hills
3.	Odakota Mountain	7199	2194	Southern Black Hills
4.	Green Mountain	7176	2187	Southern Black Hills
5.	Bear Mountain	7168	2185	Southern Black Hills
6.	Peak 7148	7148	2179	Northern Black Hills
7.	Crooks Tower	7133	2174	Northern Black Hills
8.	Terry Peak	7069	2155	Northern Black Hills
9.	Crows Nest Peak	7052	2149	Southern Black Hills
10.	Sylvan Hill	6998	2133	Southern Black Hills
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.	Black Elk Peak	7231	2204	Southern Black Hills
2.	Crooks Tower	7133	2174	Northern Black Hills
3.	Warren Peaks	6661	2030	Bear Lodge Mountains
4.	Missouri Buttes	5375	1638	Belle Fourche-Little Missouri Area

Photos of Peaks in the Black Hills

Odakota Mountain Black Hills, SD Expedition No. 87: Lupe on summit of Odakota Mountain (2nd highest mountain in the Black Hills), elevation 7,200 ft, on 5-10-14. Bear Mountain visible in distance on right side of photo. White patch seen down in the valley above Lupe and just above center of photo is the little lake near the Boy Scout Camp. Odakota Mountain is strewn with dead Ponderosa pines killed by the mountain pine bark beetle infestation. Photo is looking S (2014-05-10). Photo by Lupe !. Click here for larger-size photo.	Green Mountain Black Hills, SD Expedition No. 87: Lupe near summit at SE edge of Green Mountain. The tops of a small portion of the E facing limestone cliffs of Green Mountain are visible in the foreground just beyond Lupe. Harney Peak , the highest mountain in the Black Hills at 7,242 ft. is visible in the background approximately 12 miles to the ESE. To the W, Green Mountain is a long, flat ridge. To the E it drops precipitously down to Gillette Prairie (2014-05-10). Photo by Lupe !. Click here for larger-size photo.
Bear Mountain Black Hills, SD Expedition No. 95: Lupe at the N high point prior to going over to the true summit of Medicine Mountain. Bear Mountain is the high ridge in the distance to the SW (2014-09-13). Photo by Lupe !. Click here for larger-size photo.	Crooks Tower Black Hills, SD Expedition No. 59 - Lupe on top of Crooks Tower. Photo is looking NNE (2013-05-18). Photo by Lupe !. Click here for larger-size photo.
Crows Nest Peak Black Hills, SD Expedition No. 86: Lupe a couple of hundred feet W of the marker for the summit of Crows Nest Peak. Crows Nest Peak is in the western limestone plateau country of the Black Hills less than 5 miles from the Wyoming border. The surrounding area is gently rolling, but generally so flat that there are no distant views possible of or from the "peak". A red and yellow USFS survey marker in a small clearing in the woods marks the site of a US Geological Survey BM that says "Crow" and "1912" which was buried beneath 6" of snow this day. Without those aides, you would have no idea you were at the summit of the 7th highest point in the Black Hills at 7,048 ft. The surrounding country is nevertheless both remote and beautiful (2014-05-03). Photo by Lupe !. Click here for larger-size photo.	Sylvan Hill 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 !. Click here for larger-size photo.
Little Devils Tower Black Hills, SD Expedition No. 88: Little Devil's Tower (upper left) from Harney Peak. Photo is looking SSW (2014-05-17). Photo by Lupe !. Click here for larger-size photo.	White Tail Peak Black Hills, SD Expedition No. 60 - Lupe on top of Whitetail Peak. Photo is looking SE (2013-05-25). Photo by Lupe !. Click here for larger-size photo.
Peak 6962 Black Hills, SD Expedition No. 90: Lupe near the summit of Peak 6962 (2014-05-24). Photo by Lupe !. Click here for larger-size photo.	Peak 6920 Black Hills, SD Expedition No. 88: Lupe on Little Devils Tower. Harney Peak, the highest mountain in South Dakota, is the high point. Peak 6920 is the highest and most distant of the two large granite outcroppings seen above Lupe's head in this photo (2014-05-17). Photo by Lupe !. Click here for larger-size photo.

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