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A view of the upper course of the Belle Fourche River in Devils Tower National Monument Course and watershed of the Belle Fourche River. The Belle Fourche River (pronounced bel FOOSH; Lakota: Šahíyela Wakpá [1]) is a tributary of the Cheyenne River, approximately 290 miles (470 km) long, in the U.S. states of Wyoming and South Dakota. [2]
The Belle Fourche Dam, also known as Orman Dam, is a dam on Owl Creek in Butte County, South Dakota, USA, approximately eight miles east of Belle Fourche, South Dakota, along U.S. Route 212. Its construction created the Belle Fourche Reservoir , the Belle Fourche National Wildlife Refuge, and the Rocky Point Recreation Area.
Devils Tower (also known as Bear Lodge) [8] is a butte, possibly laccolithic, composed of igneous rock in the Bear Lodge Ranger District of the Black Hills, near Hulett and Sundance in Crook County, northeastern Wyoming, above the Belle Fourche River. It rises 1,267 feet (386 m) above the Belle Fourche River, standing 867 feet (264 m) from ...
It is a tributary of the Belle Fourche River. Fourmile Creek received its name from its distance 4 miles (6.4 km) from a pioneer trail. [2] See also.
The Cheyenne River (Lakota: Wakpá Wašté; "Good River" [2]), also written Chyone, [3] referring to the Cheyenne people who once lived there, [4] is a tributary of the Missouri River in the U.S. states of Wyoming and South Dakota. It is approximately 295 miles (475 km) long and drains an area of 24,240 square miles (62,800 km 2). [5]
The Belle Fourche River bisects the town. Climate. Climate data for Hulett, Wyoming, 1991–2020 normals, 1941-2020 extremes: 3758ft (1145m) Month Jan Feb
Redwater River is a river located in Butte County, South Dakota, a tributary of the Belle Fourche River. It is near Belle Fourche, South Dakota. [1] [2] References
Belle Fourche, French for "beautiful fork", [9] was named by French explorers from New France, referring to the confluence of what is now known as the Belle Fourche and Redwater Rivers and the Hay Creek. Beaver trappers worked these rivers until the mid-19th century, and Belle Fourche became a well known fur-trading rendezvous point.