{"id":2253,"date":"2024-02-28T13:34:47","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T13:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/?page_id=2253"},"modified":"2024-03-06T16:13:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T16:13:12","slug":"crooks-tower-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/?page_id=2253","title":{"rendered":"CROOKS TOWER PEAK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"739\" src=\"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/CROOKS-TOWER-1-1024x739.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2255\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/CROOKS-TOWER-1-1024x739.png 1024w, http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/CROOKS-TOWER-1-300x217.png 300w, http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/CROOKS-TOWER-1-768x554.png 768w, http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/CROOKS-TOWER-1.png 1086w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>*DRIVE TO THE TOP!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Actually a tower in name only. This is a high point in the Black Hills but never had a fire tower. When it was first inventoried, by General Crooks in 1875, the peak was given the name Crooks Tower and\/or Crooks Monument.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Standing at 7129 feet it is just 88 feet less than Harney Peak(Black Elk), the highest peak in South Dakota.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ELEVATION: 7137 ft<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Decimal Degrees:<\/strong>&nbsp;44.156,-103.9185<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LINKS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitpost.org\/crooks-tower\/807262\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CROOKS TOWER<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitpost.org\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SUMMIT POST<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.peakbagger.com\/list.aspx?lid=21390\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PEAKBAGGER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*DRIVE TO THE TOP! Actually a tower in name only. This is a high point in the Black Hills but never had a fire tower. When it was first inventoried, by General Crooks in 1875, the peak was given the name Crooks Tower and\/or Crooks Monument. Standing at 7129 feet it is just 88 feet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-2253","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2253"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3376,"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2253\/revisions\/3376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}