Black Hills

plural noun

1. a group of mountains in W South Dakota and NE Wyoming. Highest peak, Harney Peak, 7,242 feet (2,205 meters).

Black Hills

plural noun

1. a group of mountains in W South Dakota and NE Wyoming: famous for the gigantic sculptures of US presidents on the side of Mount Rushmore. Highest peak: Harney Peak, 2207 m (7242 ft)

Black Hills

1. Mountains in southwestern South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming .

Notes

Location of Mount Rushmore .

Sacred to the Sioux . The opening of the Black Hills to settlement by whites in 1874 led to the Battle of Little Bighorn.

Example Sentences

The Black Hills Audubon Society applauds Lynda Mapes’ reporting on the illegal construction of a concrete bulkhead along the Hood Canal.

From Seattle Times

There’s the incredible Crazy Horse statue that’s carved out in the Black Hills.

From Seattle Times

Andrew Busse of Black Hills Helicopter Inc. said his tours already don’t fly directly over Mount Rushmore.

From Seattle Times

By accessing the deep underground through a former goldmine-turned-lab in South Dakota's Black Hills, Northwestern University researchers have pieced together the most complete map to date of the elusive and unusual microbes beneath our feet.

From Science Daily

Sturgis Police Chief Geody VanDewater issued a brief statement confirming that one person was shot and wounded by a trooper, and said more information would be released later, the Black Hills Pioneer reported.

From Seattle Times