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Rapid City: Harney Peak
Backpack under tall Ponderosa pines to the highest peak east of the Rockies then continue to a landscape littered with needle-nose spires on this isolated 6.8-mile loop.
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| Author: | Backpacker Magazine |
| Activity: | Hiking |
| State: | South Dakota (SD) |
| Distance: | 6.81 mi |
| Difficulty: | 5 / 10 |
| Rating: |
 5 rating(s)
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TO TRAILHEAD: US 16 W to SD 87/89; R onto SD 87. In 6.4 mi. just after SD 87 splits from SD 89, turn L; park near Sylvan Lake trailhead.
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HPT01
| Distance: 6.81 mi | Points: 657 |
Harney Peak
Points of Interest
HPT001
Location: 43.847034, -103.560387Trailhead: Head NE, following Trail #9 (Harney Sylvan Lake Trail) marked with orange blazes
HPT002
Location: 43.853882, -103.553566Turn R
HPT003
Location: 43.852051, -103.550697Vast SW views
HPT004
Location: 43.854900, -103.538063Veer R, keeping with Harney Sylvan
HPT005
Location: 43.861752, -103.527550Turn L to Harney Peak
HPT006
Location: 43.862534, -103.526917Fine views to the N, then in a few hundred yards to the W
HPT007
Location: 43.864582, -103.528885Turn L; climb switchbacks on granite steps to S. Dakota?s high point
HPT008
Location: 43.865868, -103.532448Summit: Harney Peak, 7,242 ft., marked by a USGS benchmark S of the stone lookout tower; return to WPT 5 and head S on Cathedral Spires Trail (Trail #4)
HPT009
Location: 43.857784, -103.526367Turn R
HPT010
Location: 43.853600, -103.528564Stay straight; Cathedral Spires Trail meets up with Norbeck Trail; ahead, watch for several trad and mixed pro climbing route
HPT011
Location: 43.847198, -103.537697Soft, flat bed of pine needles offers a great campsite with a fine view of needlelike spires (bring lots of water)
HPT012
Location: 43.847466, -103.544434Swing L to Sylvan Lake
HPT013
Location: 43.843567, -103.551949Continue across parking lot, then bear R and hike .6 mi. to trailhead
Trailhead
Location: 43.847042, -103.560547Harney Sylvan Lake Trail trailhead © Shannon Davis
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