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Extensive shoreline of Shadehill Reservoir, one of the larger lakes in western South Dakota. [52] Sheps Canyon Recreation Area: Recreation area Fall River: 6,565 2,657 Campground, water access and horse riding trails on the western side of Angostura Reservoir. [53] Sica Hollow State Park: State park Marshall, Roberts: 900 360
After a series of devastating wildfires in 1893, U.S. President Grover Cleveland created the Black Hills Forest Reserve on February 22, 1897. [5] U.S. President William McKinley issued a presidential proclamation on September 19, 1898, appending the Black Hills Forest Reserve geographic boundaries while acknowledging the forest preservation decrees established by the Timber Culture Act and ...
Official South Dakota Highway Map. State of South Dakota. 2007. A Tourist Guide of the Black Hills (South Dakota Department of Environment & Natural Resources) South Dakota Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, ME: DeLorme. 1997. ISBN 0-89933-239-0.
West Bend Recreation Area is a South Dakota State Recreation Area located along the shore of Lake Sharpe, a Missouri River Reservoir.The area is located in Hughes County.The park is open for year-round recreation including camping, horseback riding, biking, hiking and cross country skiing.
Black Elk Peak, which at 7,242 feet (2,207 m) is the tallest mountain in South Dakota, is located in the wilderness, and one can see into four different states from the summit. The wilderness also contains about 8 miles of the South Dakota Centennial Trail.
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]
The plateau has numerous small glacial lakes and is drained by the Big Sioux River in South Dakota and the Cottonwood River in Minnesota. Pipestone deposits on the plateau have been quarried for hundreds of years by Native Americans , who use the prized, brownish-red mineral to make their sacred ceremonial pipes .