NORTHERN PLAINS STATES

SOUTH DAKOTA, NORTH DAKOTA, and NEBRASKA

Top 45Mountains with Prominence of 500 feet or greater

Lists compiled and maintained by Jerry Brekhus.
email him at mtcohper[at]wildblue.net

28 of South Dakota's P500 summits are in the Black Hills. Another, Bear Butte stands just a few miles away, jutting up out of the Great Plains just north of I-90 from the main mass of the Black Hills. Geologically, it is considered a separate formation. To many Indians, it is regarded as sacred. Part of the area is reserved for Indians to use for religious purposes. Members of the public are graciously allowed to go to the summit itself via the state park trail there.

Harney Peak, Sylvan Peak, Roberts CoHP, and Parker Peak are county high points. Harding Peak (not peak-shaped at all) and East Short Pine Hills contend for the HP of Harding County. For this table, the greater prominence has been awarded to Harding Peak. It is possible, but not likely, that it could be the other way around.

Anyone who is working on hiking this list is invited to contact the list author.

SOUTH DAKOTA

Completely revised October 7, 2006 with twelve new peaks added

Rank	Summit Name	County	Elevation	E(e)	Prominence -Mean-	Saddle	S(e)	Latitude	Longitude

1	Harney Peak	Pennington	7242		2932	4320	20	435158N	1033152W
2	Odakota Mtn.	Pennington	7205		1351	5854		435525N	1034514W
3	Bear Butte	Meade	4426		1251	3180	10	442833N	1032535W
4	Terry Peak	Lawrence	7064		1006	6058		441939N	1035005W
5	1 K N of Samelias Peak	Pennington	5889		949	4960	40	435625N	1032835W
6	Crow Peak	Lawrence	5760	40	920	4880	40	442814N	1035746W
7	Elk BM	Custer	5669		839	4840	20	434341N	1040258W
8	Roberts Co HP	Roberts	2135		833	1305	5	452814N	0970618W
9	Sylvan Peak	Custer	7000	40	800	6240	40	435037N	1033510W
10	1.5 mi NE of Cicero Peak	Custer	6240	40	800	5480	40	434146N	1033232W
11	Saint Elmo Peak	Pennington	6458		758	5720	40	435221N	1033542W
12	Mt. Coolidge	Custer	6023		683	5360	40	434440N	1032851W
13	Parker Peak	Fall River	4848		683	4170	10	432356N	1034128W
14	Custer Peak	Lawrence	6804		654	6160	20	441440N	1034405W
15	Seven Sisters Range HP	Fall River	4420	10	630	3800	10	432302N	1032944W
16	Harding Peak	Harding	4019		629	3400	20	452213N	1035310W
17	Matias Peak	Fall River	4780	10	620	4170	10	432439N	1034411W
18	Five Points	Pennington	6221		601	5640	40	435818N	1033302W
19	East Short Pine Hills HP	Harding	4000	20	600	3420	20	452235N	1034228W
20	Custer Mtn.	Custer	6089		589	5520	40	434508N	1033209W
21	Unit BM	Harding	3671		581	3100	20	452637N	1031155W
22	Battle Mtn.	Fall River	4434		579	3860	10	432633N	1032713W
23	Lookout Peak	Lawrence	4478		578	3920	40	442934N	1035007W
24	Peak 4433	Lawrence	4433		573	3880	40	443049N	1034826W
25	Flagpole Mtn.	Fall River	4320	10	570	3760	10	431819N	1033123W
26	Castle Rock Butte	Butte	3768		563	3210	10	450037N	1032713W
27	Elkhorn Peak	Lawrence	4520	40	560	4000	40	442831N	1034209W
28	Peak 5948	Custer	5948		558	5400	20	434329N	1033134W
29	Pilger Mtn.	Custer	4788		517	4271		433001N	1035405W
30	Storm Hill	Pennington	5656		516	5160	40	435607N	1033213W
31	Summit Peak	Pennington	5655		515	5160	40	435432N	1033236W
32	Polo Peak	Lawrence	5410		510	4920	40	442453N	1034526W
33	Old Bald Peak (S Pk)	Pennington	6167		507	5680	40	440113N	1033459W
34	Cicero Peak	Custer	6166		503	5663		434046N	1033339W
35	Hyde County HP	Hyde	2200	10	500	1710	10	442051N	0992736W

NORTH DAKOTA

Asterisk (*) indicates that summit is also a county highpoint.

Rank	Summit Name	Elev.	E (e)	Prominence -Mean-	Saddle	S (e)	Peak Map

1	Boundary Butte*	2541		1031	1510	5	Lake Klingenberg
2	Saddle Butte*	2820	20	800	2040	20	Johnsons Corner
3	Killdeer Mountains HP*	3281	20	720	2580	20	Killdeer Mountains
4	Bullion Butte*	3360		670	2700	20	Bullion Butte
5	Sentinel Butte*	3430		625	2810	10	Sentinel Butte SE
6	White Butte*	3506		551	2960	10	Amidon
7	East Rainy Butte	3356		531	2830	10	East Rainy Butte
8	Morton BM	2405		515	1900	20	Fish Creek Lake
9	Square Butte	3340	20	520	2840	20	Square Butte

NEBRASKA

Rank	Summit Name	County	Elevation	E(e)	Prominence -Mean-	Saddle	S(e)	Latitude	Longitude

1	Hogback Mtn.	Banner	5062		592	4480	20	413956N	1034355W

NOTES:

Boundary Butte ND: The actual HP of the butte is very close to the international boundary (which is open), and may or may not be in Canada.

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