List of mountains in South Dakota

This is a list of mountains in the U.S. state of South Dakota. This list is compiled from all of the GNIS features in South Dakota that are classified as a cliff, range, ridge, or summit, and are over 4,000 feet (1,219 m) in elevation.

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  Black Elk Peak, the highest point in South Dakota
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  Mount Rushmore National Memorial
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  Elk Mountain with prairie in the foreground
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  Bear Butte in Bear Butte State Park

List of peaks above 4,000 feet

Name (GNIS)	County	Elevation	Coordinates
Black Elk Peak	Pennington	7,247 ft (2,209 m)	43°51′58″N 103°31′52″W
Odakota Mountain	Pennington	7,205 ft (2,196 m)	43°55′24″N 103°45′15″W
Green Mountain	Pennington	7,172 ft (2,186 m)	43°57′00″N 103°46′09″W
Bear Mountain	Pennington	7,169 ft (2,185 m)	43°52′11″N 103°44′38″W
Crooks Tower	Lawrence	7,126 ft (2,172 m)	44°09′29″N 103°55′01″W
Terry Peak	Lawrence	7,050 ft (2,150 m)	44°19′39″N 103°50′08″W
Crows Nest Peak	Pennington	7,044 ft (2,147 m)	44°03′19″N 103°57′46″W
White Tail Peak	Pennington	6,969 ft (2,124 m)	44°07′07″N 103°50′07″W
Copper Mountain	Pennington	6,926 ft (2,111 m)	43°56′15″N 103°44′29″W
Flag Mountain	Pennington	6,920 ft (2,110 m)	44°04′15″N 103°49′36″W
Laird Peak	Lawrence	6,909 ft (2,106 m)	44°12′34″N 104°00′30″W
Medicine Mountain	Pennington	6,860 ft (2,091 m)	43°54′41″N 103°42′48″W
Custer Peak	Lawrence	6,808 ft (2,075 m)	44°14′39″N 103°44′06″W
Nipple Butte	Pennington	6,808 ft (2,075 m)	44°03′25″N 103°49′53″W
Hat Mountain	Pennington	6,768 ft (2,063 m)	43°59′13″N 103°48′53″W
Elliot Ridge	Custer	6,703 ft (2,043 m)	43°50′21″N 103°48′18″W
Deer Mountain	Lawrence	6,650 ft (2,027 m)	44°18′06″N 103°49′32″W
Limestone Hill	Custer	6,631 ft (2,021 m)	43°49′09″N 103°45′37″W
Round Mountain	Custer	6,614 ft (2,016 m)	43°48′21″N 103°44′45″W
Bald Mountain	Lawrence	6,611 ft (2,015 m)	44°20′30″N 103°49′17″W
Foley Mountain	Lawrence	6,601 ft (2,012 m)	44°20′05″N 103°51′29″W
Zimmer Ridge	Pennington	6,581 ft (2,006 m)	43°53′52″N 103°37′26″W
Green Mountain	Lawrence	6,572 ft (2,003 m)	44°20′35″N 103°50′06″W
Thunderhead Mountain	Custer	6,552 ft (1,997 m)	43°50′13″N 103°37′27″W
Signal Hill	Custer	6,486 ft (1,977 m)	43°49′14″N 103°50′34″W
Saint Elmo Peak	Pennington	6,453 ft (1,967 m)	43°52′21″N 103°35′42″W
Elk Mountain	Lawrence	6,417 ft (1,956 m)	44°20′59″N 103°53′05″W
Elkhorn Mountain	Pennington	6,388 ft (1,947 m)	43°53′11″N 103°30′59″W
Atlantic Hill	Custer	6,375 ft (1,943 m)	43°48′47″N 103°40′28″W
Coad Hill	Pennington	6,371 ft (1,942 m)	43°55′18″N 103°39′46″W
Thomson-Kinney Divide	Pennington	6,368 ft (1,941 m)	43°56′03″N 104°01′06″W
Cooper Ridge	Custer	6,355 ft (1,937 m)	43°50′53″N 103°53′33″W
Castle Peak	Pennington	6,335 ft (1,931 m)	44°05′16″N 103°43′22″W
War Eagle Hill	Lawrence	6,330 ft (1,930 m)	44°21′22″N 103°51′03″W
Buckhorn Mountain	Custer	6,309 ft (1,923 m)	43°47′28″N 103°36′22″W
Sherwood-Kinney Divide	Pennington	6,286 ft (1,916 m)	43°54′28″N 104°02′12″W
Minnesota Ridge	Lawrence	6,247 ft (1,904 m)	44°10′36″N 103°42′04″W
Signal Knob	Pennington	6,214 ft (1,894 m)	44°01′14″N 103°43′44″W
Five Points	Pennington	6,211 ft (1,893 m)	43°58′18″N 103°33′03″W
Ragged Top Mountain	Lawrence	6,211 ft (1,893 m)	44°21′37″N 103°53′40″W
Rimmer Ridge	Pennington	6,207 ft (1,892 m)	44°03′48″N 103°44′08″W
Antelope Ridge	Custer	6,204 ft (1,891 m)	43°48′49″N 103°52′24″W
Dumbuk Ridge	Pennington	6,204 ft (1,891 m)	43°53′15″N 103°57′47″W
Summit Ridge	Pennington	6,204 ft (1,891 m)	43°53′29″N 104°02′15″W
Mile-high Hill	Custer	6,171 ft (1,881 m)	43°48′02″N 103°44′15″W
Cicero Peak	Custer	6,165 ft (1,879 m)	43°40′46″N 103°33′41″W
Old Bald Peak	Pennington	6,129 ft (1,868 m)	44°01′32″N 103°34′58″W
Union Hill	Pennington	6,129 ft (1,868 m)	43°58′34″N 103°35′36″W
Old Baldy Mountain	Lawrence	6,076 ft (1,852 m)	44°21′43″N 104°00′51″W
Custer Mountain	Custer	6,063 ft (1,848 m)	43°45′08″N 103°32′11″W
Redfern Mountain	Pennington	6,056 ft (1,846 m)	44°00′07″N 103°39′14″W
Richmond Hill	Lawrence	6,053 ft (1,845 m)	44°23′06″N 103°51′20″W
Lowden Mountain	Pennington	6,050 ft (1,844 m)	43°58′34″N 103°36′58″W
Mount Coolidge	Custer	6,010 ft (1,832 m)	43°44′41″N 103°28′54″W
Sugarloaf Mountain	Lawrence	6,010 ft (1,832 m)	44°19′31″N 103°47′35″W
Twin Peaks	Lawrence	6,010 ft (1,832 m)	44°22′13″N 103°52′44″W
Negro Hill	Lawrence	5,970 ft (1,820 m)	44°22′48″N 104°03′05″W
Sunshine Hill	Lawrence	5,932 ft (1,808 m)	44°23′01″N 104°02′59″W
Grandview Hill	Lawrence	5,928 ft (1,807 m)	44°23′16″N 104°03′11″W
Scruton Mountain	Pennington	5,925 ft (1,806 m)	44°02′34″N 103°31′35″W
Twin Sisters	Custer	5,922 ft (1,805 m)	43°42′50″N 103°42′22″W
Flag Mountain	Pennington	5,896 ft (1,797 m)	43°55′56″N 103°36′28″W
Little Crow Peak	Lawrence	5,889 ft (1,795 m)	44°24′16″N 103°52′59″W
The Needles	Lawrence	5,889 ft (1,795 m)	44°24′47″N 104°00′59″W
Beartown Hill	Lawrence	5,886 ft (1,794 m)	44°23′05″N 104°01′35″W
Smith Mountain	Pennington	5,886 ft (1,794 m)	43°57′20″N 103°36′59″W
Strawberry Ridge	Lawrence	5,886 ft (1,794 m)	44°19′12″N 103°42′02″W
Samelias Peak	Pennington	5,846 ft (1,782 m)	43°55′53″N 103°28′46″W
Tunnel Ridge	Pennington	5,846 ft (1,782 m)	44°07′13″N 103°36′51″W
Silver Peak	Pennington	5,810 ft (1,771 m)	44°04′27″N 103°35′09″W
Campaign Hill	Pennington	5,810 ft (1,770 m)	43°55′38″N 103°36′22″W
Spearfish Peak	Lawrence	5,804 ft (1,769 m)	44°25′53″N 103°51′20″W
Crow Peak	Lawrence	5,771 ft (1,759 m)	44°28′13″N 103°57′47″W
Bowman Ridge	Custer	5,732 ft (1,747 m)	43°38′49″N 103°33′49″W
Humbolt Mountain	Pennington	5,732 ft (1,747 m)	43°56′50″N 103°32′58″W
Mount Rushmore	Pennington	5,719 ft (1,743 m)	43°52′48″N 103°27′33″W
Bishop Mountain	Pennington	5,692 ft (1,735 m)	43°55′19″N 103°33′51″W
Mount Theodore Roosevelt	Lawrence	5,689 ft (1,734 m)	44°23′54″N 103°45′33″W
Crystal Mountain	Lawrence	5,686 ft (1,733 m)	44°12′10″N 103°35′07″W
Elk Mountain	Custer	5,663 ft (1,726 m)	43°43′27″N 104°02′29″W
Storm Hill	Pennington	5,659 ft (1,725 m)	43°56′07″N 103°32′16″W
Whitetail Summit	Lawrence	5,659 ft (1,725 m)	44°20′28″N 103°46′21″W
Bear Den Mountain	Lawrence	5,646 ft (1,721 m)	44°20′47″N 103°38′27″W
Surveyors Hill	Custer	5,646 ft (1,721 m)	43°45′56″N 103°55′20″W
Ford Mountain	Pennington	5,640 ft (1,720 m)	43°55′30″N 103°33′21″W
Calamity Peak	Custer	5,627 ft (1,715 m)	43°46′42″N 103°32′50″W
Summit Peak	Pennington	5,623 ft (1,714 m)	43°54′33″N 103°32′39″W
Woodpecker Ridge	Custer	5,617 ft (1,712 m)	43°49′54″N 103°25′10″W
Calumet Ridge	Pennington	5,607 ft (1,709 m)	43°57′32″N 103°27′01″W
Old Baldy Mountain	Pennington	5,600 ft (1,707 m)	43°53′27″N 103°27′30″W
Hardesty Peak	Pennington	5,581 ft (1,701 m)	43°55′35″N 103°28′25″W
Tetro Rock	Lawrence	5,568 ft (1,697 m)	44°24′37″N 103°48′31″W
Custer Hill	Lawrence	5,548 ft (1,691 m)	44°19′22″N 103°38′06″W
Buck Mountain	Pennington	5,540 ft (1,690 m)	44°07′45″N 103°30′42″W
Merritt Peak	Pennington	5,528 ft (1,685 m)	44°07′29″N 103°33′41″W
Red Butte	Custer	5,509 ft (1,679 m)	43°46′04″N 103°58′00″W
Wildcat Peak	Custer	5,509 ft (1,679 m)	43°40′13″N 104°02′28″W
Dome Mountain	Lawrence	5,492 ft (1,674 m)	44°21′20″N 103°39′46″W
Yellow Butte	Custer	5,463 ft (1,665 m)	43°46′35″N 103°58′17″W
Iron Mountain	Pennington	5,450 ft (1,660 m)	43°51′31″N 103°26′00″W
Lexington Hill	Lawrence	5,450 ft (1,660 m)	44°22′06″N 103°41′43″W
Pillar Peak	Lawrence	5,450 ft (1,660 m)	44°22′09″N 103°38′50″W
Pilot Knob	Lawrence	5,436 ft (1,657 m)	44°08′44″N 103°34′19″W
Doane Mountain	Pennington	5,427 ft (1,654 m)	43°52′33″N 103°27′28″W
Flagstaff Mountain	Meade	5,420 ft (1,652 m)	44°16′01″N 103°32′21″W
Polo Peak	Lawrence	5,410 ft (1,650 m)	44°24′53″N 103°45′28″W
Silver Mountain	Pennington	5,410 ft (1,649 m)	43°56′45″N 103°24′20″W
Green Top	Lawrence	5,380 ft (1,640 m)	44°13′25″N 103°31′46″W
Kirk Hill	Lawrence	5,350 ft (1,630 m)	44°19′18″N 103°35′08″W
White Mansion	Lawrence	5,350 ft (1,630 m)	44°13′46″N 103°31′11″W
Boulder Hill	Pennington	5,341 ft (1,628 m)	43°57′43″N 103°23′54″W
Ingersoll Peak	Pennington	5,331 ft (1,625 m)	43°54′43″N 103°27′02″W
Green Mountain	Lawrence	5,328 ft (1,624 m)	44°25′31″N 103°45′13″W
Clark Mountain	Pennington	5,256 ft (1,602 m)	43°58′14″N 103°29′29″W
White Rocks	Lawrence	5,256 ft (1,602 m)	44°22′37″N 103°43′13″W
Twin Sisters	Pennington	5,243 ft (1,598 m)	44°01′14″N 103°27′46″W
Eagle Mountain	Pennington	5,236 ft (1,596 m)	43°55′40″N 103°24′51″W
Green Mountain	Pennington	5,233 ft (1,595 m)	44°08′12″N 103°28′26″W
Perrin Mountain	Pennington	5,210 ft (1,588 m)	44°05′07″N 103°28′33″W
The Pulpit	Pennington	5,197 ft (1,584 m)	43°53′30″N 103°32′26″W
Bluelead Mountain	Pennington	5,180 ft (1,579 m)	43°58′00″N 103°27′10″W
Storm Hill	Pennington	5,174 ft (1,577 m)	43°57′59″N 103°23′27″W
Whitewood Peak	Lawrence	5,112 ft (1,558 m)	44°24′33″N 103°40′35″W
Thrall Mountain	Pennington	5,090 ft (1,550 m)	44°04′12″N 103°26′15″W
Rankin Ridge	Custer	5,010 ft (1,527 m)	43°37′32″N 103°28′57″W
Norris Peak	Pennington	4,984 ft (1,519 m)	44°05′49″N 103°25′35″W
Sullivan Peak	Custer	4,967 ft (1,514 m)	43°35′32″N 104°00′10″W
Twin Buttes	Custer	4,948 ft (1,508 m)	43°36′24″N 104°01′10″W
Deadman Mountain	Meade	4,944 ft (1,507 m)	44°22′07″N 103°32′11″W
Hat Mountain	Pennington	4,882 ft (1,488 m)	44°06′31″N 103°26′05″W
Crook Mountain	Lawrence	4,852 ft (1,479 m)	44°25′01″N 103°38′08″W
Parker Peak	Fall River	4,843 ft (1,476 m)	43°23′55″N 103°41′28″W
Tepee Peak	Pennington	4,810 ft (1,466 m)	43°55′39″N 103°23′54″W
Pilger Mountain	Custer	4,797 ft (1,462 m)	43°30′01″N 103°54′07″W
Matias Peak	Fall River	4,780 ft (1,457 m)	43°24′39″N 103°44′16″W
Stagebarn Ridge	Meade	4,770 ft (1,454 m)	44°12′24″N 103°25′55″W
Echo Peak	Pennington	4,760 ft (1,451 m)	43°55′33″N 103°23′14″W
Elk Knob	Custer	4,747 ft (1,447 m)	43°33′51″N 103°30′59″W
Red Hill	Lawrence	4,690 ft (1,430 m)	44°22′04″N 103°34′46″W
Red Point	Custer	4,685 ft (1,428 m)	43°36′08″N 104°00′06″W
Horse Trap Mountain	Fall River	4,682 ft (1,427 m)	43°22′55″N 103°38′46″W
Buzzards Roost	Pennington	4,678 ft (1,426 m)	44°03′08″N 103°23′17″W
Mount Wheaton	Pennington	4,603 ft (1,403 m)	44°03′30″N 103°24′34″W
Theater Ridge	Custer	4,583 ft (1,397 m)	43°31′56″N 103°32′14″W
Elkhorn Peak	Lawrence	4,530 ft (1,380 m)	44°28′30″N 103°42′09″W
Gold Hill	Pennington	4,521 ft (1,378 m)	43°57′26″N 103°20′52″W
Elk Mountain	Custer	4,505 ft (1,373 m)	43°33′37″N 103°29′28″W
Flint Hill	Fall River	4,485 ft (1,367 m)	43°20′31″N 103°40′42″W
Chilson Mountain	Fall River	4,475 ft (1,364 m)	43°20′03″N 103°41′58″W
Roundtop Hill	Fall River	4,460 ft (1,360 m)	43°22′25″N 103°36′13″W
Lookout Peak	Lawrence	4,452 ft (1,357 m)	44°29′34″N 103°50′09″W
Granite Peak	Lawrence	4,430 ft (1,350 m)	44°23′30″N 103°34′11″W
Fossil Ridge	Custer	4,423 ft (1,348 m)	43°32′25″N 103°31′13″W
Bear Butte	Meade	4,413 ft (1,345 m)	44°28′33″N 103°25′37″W
Battle Mountain	Fall River	4,403 ft (1,342 m)	43°26′33″N 103°27′13″W
Bald Mountain	Meade	4,347 ft (1,325 m)	44°17′19″N 103°27′32″W
Flagpole Mountain	Fall River	4,321 ft (1,317 m)	43°18′19″N 103°31′25″W
Racetrack Butte	Custer	4,304 ft (1,312 m)	43°40′30″N 103°22′29″W
Unkpapa Peak	Custer	4,281 ft (1,305 m)	43°30′48″N 103°22′28″W
Gobbler Ridge	Custer	4,259 ft (1,298 m)	43°31′26″N 103°28′42″W
Negro Wool Ridge	Custer	4,222 ft (1,287 m)	43°33′35″N 103°26′08″W
Boland Ridge	Custer	4,183 ft (1,275 m)	43°36′13″N 103°22′14″W
Lakota Peak	Pennington	4,163 ft (1,269 m)	43°51′56″N 103°15′36″W
Butcher Hill	Custer	4,108 ft (1,252 m)	43°42′59″N 103°18′40″W
Dow Ridge	Custer	4,104 ft (1,251 m)	43°38′28″N 103°19′38″W
Turkey Hill	Pennington	4,085 ft (1,245 m)	44°04′32″N 103°19′34″W
Oyster Mountain	Meade	4,049 ft (1,234 m)	44°26′08″N 103°33′48″W
Red Hill	Custer	4,029 ft (1,228 m)	43°41′44″N 103°20′17″W
Harding Peak	Harding	4,012 ft (1,223 m)	45°22′13″N 103°53′12″W
East Short Pine Hill	Harding	4,007 ft (1,221 m)	45°22′23″N 103°41′52″W

See also

• Geography of South Dakota

References

• Geographic Names Information System

Further reading

• 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.