Roughlock Falls Nature Area

Nature area in South Dakota, United States

Roughlock Falls Nature Area
Roughlock Falls in Little Spearfish Canyon
Location of Roughlock Falls Nature Area Area in South Dakota
Location	Lawrence, South Dakota, United States
Coordinates	44°21′00″N 103°56′39″W / 44.349960°N 103.944300°W / 44.349960; -103.944300
Established	2008
Governing body	South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks
Website	Official website

Roughlock Falls Nature Area is a nature area in Lawrence County, South Dakota, in the United States. It is located in Spearfish Canyon, near Little Spearfish Creek, just before the creek joins Spearfish Creek, within the Black Hills National Forest. The area is managed by the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks. Birdwatching, fishing, hiking, and snowmobiling are popular activities within this area. The area is about 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Spearfish or about 14.5 miles (23.3 km) west of Lead, just west of Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway (U.S. 14A).

Wildlife found in the area include: Elk, Bald eagle, White-tailed deer, Mule deer, Coyote, Beaver, Bighorn sheep, Mountain goat, and Mountain lion.

References

"Roughlock Falls Nature Area | Black Hills & Badlands - South Dakota". www.blackhillsbadlands.com.
"Find a State Park".
"Black Hills National Forest - Nature Viewing:Viewing Wildlife". Fs.usda.gov. Retrieved September 17, 2022.

External links

Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming

Attractions

Scenic routes

Roads	Norbeck Scenic Byway Iron Mountain Road Needles Highway Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway
Trails	Black Hills Centennial Trail George S. Mickelson Trail

Populated
places

Cities	Belle Fourche Central City Custer Deadwood Edgemont Hot Springs Hill City Lead Newcastle Rapid City Spearfish Sturgis Whitewood
Towns	Buffalo Gap Fairburn Hermosa Keystone Pringle Sundance
Unincorporated	Dewey Four Mile Galena Hanna Johnson Siding Nemo Rochford Rockerville Silver City Three Forks

History
and people

Native American	Cheyenne Lakota people Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868) established the Great Sioux Reservation Black Hills War, or Great Sioux War (1876) Black Elk Sitting Bull Crazy Horse Lone Horn Red Cloud Spotted Tail
Old West	Dakota Territory (1861–1889) Black Hills Expedition (1874) Black Hills gold rush (1874) Newton–Jenney Party (1875) Cheyenne-Black Hills Stage Route (1876–1887) Sidney-Black Hills Stage Road (1876–1887) Rapid City, Black Hills and Western Railroad (1893–1947) Seth Bullock and Martha Bullock General George Armstrong Custer Dora DuFran Wild Bill Hickok Calamity Jane Historian Doane Robinson Sol Star Al Swearengen Charlie Utter
Ghost towns	Addie Camp Bismuth Blacktail Burdock Cambria Carbonate Etta Flatiron Greenwood Maitland Myers City Mystic Nahant Novak Pactola Sheridan Spokane Terraville Tigerville Tinton Trojan
Modern	Fossil Cycad National Monument (1922–1957) Stratobowl (1934–1959) Black Hills flood (1972) 2000 Jasper Fire Sculptors Gutzon Borglum and Lincoln Borglum Author Joseph Bottum Politician Francis Case Poet Charles Badger Clark Historian Watson Parker

Transit

Road junctions

Mount Rushmore in popular culture

Protected areas of South Dakota

Federal

National Parks	Badlands Wind Cave
National Historic Sites and Memorials	Minuteman Missile NHS Mount Rushmore NMem
National monument	Jewel Cave
National Forests	Black Hills Custer
National Grasslands	Buffalo Gap Dakota Prairie Fort Pierre Grand River
National Historic Trail	Lewis and Clark
National Recreational River	Missouri
National Wildlife Refuges	Huron WMD Karl E. Mundt Lacreek Lake Andes Madison WMD Sand Lake Sand Lake WMD Waubay Waubay WMD
National Wilderness Areas	Badlands Black Elk
National Wild and Scenic Rivers	Missouri River

State

State Parks	Bear Butte Custer Fisher Grove Fort Sisseton Good Earth Hartford Beach Lake Herman Newton Hills Oakwood Lakes Palisades Roy Lake Sica Hollow Union Grove
State Recreation Areas	Angostura Big Sioux Burke Lake Buryanek Chief White Crane Cow Creek Farm Island George S. Mickelson Trail Indian Creek Lake Alvin Lake Cochrane Lake Hiddenwood Lake Louise Lake Poinsett Lake Thompson Lake Vermillion Lewis and Clark Little Moreau Llewellyn Johns Mina Lake North Point North Wheeler Oahe Downstream Okobojo Point Pease Creek Pelican Lake Pickerel Lake Pierson Ranch Platte Creek Randall Creek Richmond Lake Sandy Shore Shadehill Snake Creek Springfield Swan Creek Walker's Point West Bend West Pollack West Whitlock
State Nature Areas	Adams Homestead and Nature Preserve Beaver Creek Big Stone Island LaFramboise Island Spirit Mound Historic Prairie Spearfish Canyon

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