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Black Elk Wilderness

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183: 59: 43: 177: 66: 1977: 520:, 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. Craggy peaks and rocky slopes mixed with 2347: 764: 2337: 937: 817: 1424: 453: 822: 209: 757: 702: 2362: 2357: 1987: 794: 302: 235: 58: 2327: 2094: 1540: 830: 750: 422: 1417: 1013: 927: 785: 1036: 968: 446: 426: 1882: 1135: 993: 495: 113: 720: 2352: 945: 773: 510:
is immediately to the north and much of the rest of the wilderness is bordered by other protected land under the jurisdiction of state and
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View looking towards the Black Elk Wilderness. Horsethief Lake, on the edge of the wilderness area, is seen in the foreground.
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are allowed with proper permit, no roads or buildings are constructed and there is also no
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in season. By 2010, 80 percent of the trees in the wilderness had been killed by the
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are more common in the forested valleys. A sizeable population of
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Rapid City, Black Hills and Western Railroad (1893–1947)
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The wilderness was designated by an act of 447: 8: 1978:Cheyenne-Black Hills Stage Route (1876–1887) 65: 725:The National Wilderness Preservation System 688:The National Wilderness Preservation System 2171:Fossil Cycad National Monument (1922–1957) 1910:Black Hills War, or Great Sioux War (1876) 1878: 1687: 1622: 1425: 1411: 1403: 1063: 790: 765: 751: 743: 454: 440: 181: 175: 171: 18: 1983:Sidney-Black Hills Stage Road (1876–1887) 1541:Minuteman Missile National Historic Site 639: 414: 393: 372: 321: 290: 259: 223: 197: 189: 649:"Lines are drawn in pine beetle wars" 7: 77: 2363:1980 establishments in South Dakota 2358:Protected areas established in 1980 1363:Adams Homestead and Nature Preserve 532:trees make for a varied ecosystem. 647:Woster, Kevin (December 5, 2010). 490:, Black Elk Wilderness is part of 14: 2302:Mount Rushmore in popular culture 1551:Mount Theodore Roosevelt Monument 2328:Wilderness areas of South Dakota 727:. Wilderness.net. 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Index

IUCN category
wilderness area

Map showing the location of Black Elk Wilderness
Pennington
Custer
South Dakota
Rapid City, SD
43°51′N 103°32′W / 43.850°N 103.533°W / 43.850; -103.533
U.S. Forest Service
Black Hills
Badlands National Park
South Dakota
Mount Rushmore
National memorial
Crazy Horse
Badlands
National park
The Mammoth Site
Needles
Spearfish Canyon
Black Hills
Bear Butte
National Historic Landmark
Black Elk Peak
Wind Cave
National park
Jewel Cave
National monument
Custer

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