South Dakota Gazetteer
Black Elk Peak is a physical feature (summit) in Pennington County. The primary coordinates for Black Elk Peak places it within the SD 57730 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Black Elk Peak |
| Category: | South Dakota physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Summit |
| Description: | Located in the Black Hills and Black Hills National Forest/Black Elk Wilderness; highest summit in South Dakota and highest elevation east of the Rocky Mountains. |
| History: | Named Harney Peak in the late 1850s by Lieutenant G K Warren in honor of General William S Harney, commander of the military in the Black Hills area in the late 1870s. Renamed in 2016 by the BGN in honor of Black Elk (1863-1950), medicine man and holy man of the Oglala Lakota Sioux. |
| County: | Pennington County |
| Latitude: | 43.865991 |
| Longitude: | -103.5312013 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Black Elk Peak: Black Elk Peak.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Black Elk Peak does not include property ownership information.
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