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This image is a work of the Forest Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. As a work of the U.S. federal government , the image is in the public domain . Captions
Black Hills National Forest is located in southwestern South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming, United States. The forest has an area of over 1.25 million acres (5,066 km 2 ) and is managed by the Forest Service .
Pactola Lake is the largest and deepest reservoir in the Black Hills, located 15 miles west of Rapid City, South Dakota, United States.Constructed in 1952, the dam and waters are managed by the Bureau of Reclamation, with the surrounding land managed by the US Forest Service as part of Black Hills National Forest, which operates a visitor center located on the south side of the dam. [2]
After the war, portions of the bombing range were used as an artillery range by the South Dakota National Guard. In 1968, most of the range was declared excess property by the USAF. Although 2,500 acres (3.9 sq mi; 10.1 km 2 ) were retained by the USAF (but are no longer used) the majority of the land was turned over to the National Park Service.
The Black Hills is an isolated mountain range rising from the Great Plains of North America in western South Dakota and extending into Wyoming, United States. [3] Black Elk Peak, which rises to 7,242 feet (2,207 m), is the range's highest summit. [4] The name of the range in Lakota is Pahá Sápa. [5] It encompasses the Black Hills National Forest.
Visitors can see petrified wood scattered through the park’s southern end and clustered in five large petrified wood deposits referred to as forests: Rainbow Forest, Crystal Forest Jasper Forest ...
The state can generally be divided into three geographic regions: eastern South Dakota, western South Dakota, and the Black Hills. Eastern South Dakota is lower in elevation and higher in precipitation than the western part of the state, and the Black Hills are a low, isolated mountain group in the southwestern corner of the state.
federal (Custer National Forest) Steep-walled, flat-topped buttes standing 200 to 400 feet (61 to 122 m) above the surrounding prairie. Cathedral Spires and Limber Pine Natural Area