{"id":2898,"date":"2024-03-01T16:03:49","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T16:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/?page_id=2898"},"modified":"2024-03-01T16:03:50","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T16:03:50","slug":"roughlock-falls","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/?page_id=2898","title":{"rendered":"ROUGHLOCK FALLS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"820\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ROUGHLOCK-FALLS-820x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2899\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ROUGHLOCK-FALLS-820x1024.png 820w, http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ROUGHLOCK-FALLS-240x300.png 240w, http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ROUGHLOCK-FALLS-768x959.png 768w, http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ROUGHLOCK-FALLS.png 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Roughlock Falls is located on Little Spearfish Creek. The water originates from a large spring discharging from the Madison Limestone about 3 miles above the falls. The discharge of Little Spearfish Creek measured at a USGS gaging station below the falls, and is approximately 13 cfs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The name of the falls, dates to pioneer days when a steep road by the creek forced wagon drivers to \u201crough lock\u201d (chain a wagon wheel to control the weight of the load).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Decimal Degrees:<\/strong>&nbsp;Latitude: Longitude: 44.34998, -103.9430036<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sdaos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/pdfs\/1997\/119-130.pdf\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">South Dakota Academy of Science<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/gfp.sd.gov\/parks\/detail\/roughlock-falls-nature-area\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/visitspearfish.com\/things-to-do\/roughlock-falls-trail\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Spearfish<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/southdakotamagazine.com\/black-hills-waterfalls#0\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">South Dakota Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roughlock Falls is located on Little Spearfish Creek. The water originates from a large spring discharging from the Madison Limestone about 3 miles above the falls. The discharge of Little Spearfish Creek measured at a USGS gaging station below the falls, and is approximately 13 cfs. The name of the falls, dates to pioneer days [&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-2898","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2898","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=2898"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2900,"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2898\/revisions\/2900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}