South Dakota Gazetteer
Thunderhead Falls is a physical feature (falls) in Pennington County. The primary coordinates for Thunderhead Falls places it within the SD 57702 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Thunderhead Falls |
| Category: | South Dakota physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Falls |
| Description: | Falls located 600 ft inside Thunderhead Falls tunnel and drop over a 32 ft precipice. |
| History: | Artificial waterfall created when miners in the late 1870s blasted a tunnel to direct water of Rapid Creek to make it easier to find gold thought to be in the stream bed. |
| County: | Pennington County |
| Latitude: | 44.0583208 |
| Longitude: | -103.4135208 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Thunderhead Falls: Thunderhead Falls.
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 Thunderhead Falls does not include property ownership information.
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