“If I hike Harney Peak or Black Elk Peak, it’ll be the same peak,” she said. The name has already been changed on Wikipedia. And federal guides and maps and other materials will soon follow.

A commemorative hike on Sunday celebrates two milestone events — the renaming of Harney Peak in honor of Lakota holy man Nicholas Black Elk, and a journey that inspired the ...

But now, after taking 119 consecutive monthly hikes up the mountain over the past decade, traversing a wide variety of routes through the Black Elk Wilderness to rise to the summit of Harney Peak ...

Hiking up South Dakota's 7,242-foot Harney Peak, the highest North American point east of the Rocky Mountains, is one of our family’s fondest memories.

Black Elk Peak (formerly Harney Peak) in the Black Hills is the highest summit in the U.S. east of the Rocky Mountains, at 7,242 feet above sea level. A Depression-era fire lookout station stands ...

CUSTER, S.D. (AP) - Black Hills National Forest crews will be clearing fallen trees starting on Memorial Day off hiking and horse trails around Harney Peak. The work will continue throughout the ...

Harney also led U.S. military operations in the Black Hills area in the 1870s. For decades, Native American activists lobbied for Harney Peak’s name to be changed.

CUSTER, S.D. (CN) — The highest point in South Dakota, Harney Peak, has been renamed Black Elk Peak, a federal board’s response to criticism that the former name was insensitive to the state’s Native ...

In the Black Hills, the answer is Harney Peak, which can be reached from Sylvan Lake in Custer State Park. At 7,242 feet, it’s the highest point between the Rocky Mountains and the European Alps.