⛰️ Black Elk Peak

Black Elk Peak, formerly known as Harney Peak, is the highest natural point in the Black Hills mountain range and the U.S. state of South Dakota. It lies in the Black Elk Wilderness area, in southern Pennington County, in the Black Hills. The peak lies 3.7 mi (6.0 km) west-southwest of Mount Rushmore. At 7,244 feet (2,208 m), It was once discussed to be a potential candidate for the highest summit in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, though definitions vary based on geographic classification as the Black Hills are geologically related to the greater Rocky Mountain Front. Lost Mine Peak, in the Chisos Mountains of Texas, lies approximately 16 miles further east based on the measurement of longitude at 103°15'30"W and stands at 7,547 feet (2,300 m). The Black Hills are part of the North American Cordillera and generally considered to be geologically related to the Rocky Mountains and were formed by the same uplift as the other surrounding subranges of the Rocky Mountain Front.