Harney Peak
Black Hills National Forest is located in southwestern South
Dakota and northeastern Wyoming. The forest has an area of over
1.2 million acres (4,856 kmē) and is managed by the Forest
Service.
Predominantly ponderosa pine the Forest also
includes hard woods like aspen, bur oak, and birch. The
lower elevations include grassland prairie, but the
National Forest System lands encompass most of the
mountainous region known as the Black Hills of South
Dakota and Wyoming. Within the forest is Harney Peak
which is the tallest mountain in South Dakota and the
highest peak east of the Rocky Mountains in the United
States.
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