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Black Elk Peak, formerly known as Harney Peak, is the highest natural point in the U.S. state of South Dakota and the Midwestern United States. It lies in the Black Elk Wilderness area, in southern Pennington County, in the Black Hills. [3] The peak lies 3.7 mi (6.0 km) west-southwest of Mount Rushmore. [7]
Hartley County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 5,382. [1] The county seat is Channing. [2] The county was created in 1876 and later organized in 1891. [3] It is named for Oliver C. Hartley and his brother, Rufus K. Hartley, two early Texas legislators and lawyers.
Harney Peak, now known as Black Elk Peak, rock tower built in 1938 by CCC, last staffed in 1967 Fort Lookout IV , Oacoma, SD , NRHP-listed Elk Mountain Fire Tower, Hells Canyon District, Black Hills South Dakota-measured as the tallest fire tower in the country-80+feet tall
The ascent to the summit involves hiking 8.7 miles (14 km) with 2,700 feet of elevation gain via a round-trip loop up the Bear Canyon Trail and down the Tejas Trail. [6] The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1966 by the United States Board on Geographic Names to remember Jessie Coleman "J.C." Hunter (1890–1945), an early proponent ...
It is a part of the Harney Peak Granite dome that formed in the Late Paleoproterozoic around 1.7 billion years ago. [1] [2] [3] The Harney Peak Granite system includes thousands of pegmatites, one of which is the Tin Mountain. [1] The Tin Mountain pegmatite is rich in lithium, but was first mined in search of tin, which gave the mountain its ...
Terry Peak is a mountain and ski area in the west central United States, in the Black Hills of South Dakota outside of Lead. [1] With an elevation of 7,064 feet (2,153 m) above sea level, it is the most prominent peak in the Northern Black Hills area, and the sixth highest summit in the range; the tallest is Black Elk Peak (formerly Harney Peak) at 7,244 feet (2,208 m).
Horsehead Crossing is a ford on the Pecos River in Crane County, south of Odessa, Texas. [1] Historically, it was a major landmark on the trail west as one of a few fordable sections of the Pecos in West Texas, and as the first reliable source of water for about 75 miles on the route from the east.
The Pueblo Mountains in Harney County, Oregon, and Humboldt County, Nevada, [1] are part of the Basin and Range Province of the Western United States, which is characterized by a series of parallel fault blocks forming long north–south-oriented mountain ranges separated by wide, high-desert valleys. The Steens-Pueblo block fault represents ...