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Northern Black Hills

Range Type	Geographically-defined sub-range
Highest Point	Crooks Tower (7137 ft/2175 m)
Countries	United States
States/Provinces	South Dakota (89%), Wyoming (11%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	3,291 sq mi / 8,525 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	56 mi / 89 km North-South 115 mi / 185 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	44° 18' N; 103° 27' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Northern Black Hills
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Black Hills	Level 4 (Parent)
Belle Fourche-Little Missouri Area	Level 5 (Sibling)
Bear Lodge Mountains	Level 5 (Sibling)
Northern Black Hills	Level 5
Southern Black Hills	Level 5 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Northern Black Hills

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range6
1.	Crooks Tower	7137	2175
2.	Terry Peak	7064	2153
3.	White Tail Peak	6962	2122
4.	Peak 6962	6962	2122
5.	Flag Mountain	6937	2114
6.	Laird Peak	6906	2105
7.	South Castle Rock	6840+	2085+
8.	Peak 6820	6820+	2079+
9.	Custer Peak	6804	2074
10.	Nipple Butte	6800+	2073+
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Photos of Peaks in the Northern Black Hills

Crooks Tower Black Hills, SD Expedition No. 59 - Lupe on top of Crooks Tower. Photo is looking NNE (2013-05-18). Photo by Lupe !. Click here for larger-size photo.	White Tail Peak Black Hills, SD Expedition No. 60 - Lupe on top of Whitetail Peak. Photo is looking SE (2013-05-25). Photo by Lupe !. Click here for larger-size photo.
Peak 6962 Black Hills, SD Expedition No. 90: Lupe near the summit of Peak 6962 (2014-05-24). Photo by Lupe !. Click here for larger-size photo.	Flag Mountain Black Hills, SD Expedition No. 90: Lupe on Flag Mountain near the remains of the old lookout tower. Flag Mountain offers beautiful 180 degree views of the Black Hills to the E. A road off USFS Road No. 189 winds nearly up to the summit (2014-05-24). Photo by Lupe !. Click here for larger-size photo.
Laird Peak Black Hills, SD Expedition No. 91: Lupe on Laird Peak at sunset (2014-06-01). Photo by Lupe !. Click here for larger-size photo.	South Castle Rock Black Hills, SD Expedition No. 90: Lupe on top of South Castle Rock (2014-05-24). Photo by Lupe !. Click here for larger-size photo.
Peak 6820 Black Hills, SD Expedition No. 99: Lupe on the broad flat summit of Peak 6820. The forest pretty much blocked the views in all directions (2014-10-08). Photo by Lupe !. Click here for larger-size photo.	Custer Peak Black Hills, SD Expedition No. 127: Lupe with Custer Peak in the background. Lupe is on the NW most high point of the 6,600 ft. ridge about 0.5 mile WSW of Custer Peak (2015-04-19). Photo by Lupe !. Click here for larger-size photo.
Nipple Butte Black Hills, SD Expedition No. 90: Lupe on summit of Nipple Butte. Reynolds Prairie to the E is visible in the background (2014-05-24). Photo by Lupe !. Click here for larger-size photo.	Castle Rock Black Hills, SD Expedition No. 90: Lupe on Castle Rock. South Castle Rock is visible in background where the limestone cliffs are (2014-05-24). Photo by Lupe !. Click here for larger-size photo.

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