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id: "10761"
name: Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway
distance: "20"
duration: Approximately 40 minutes
description: Located in the northern Black Hills, this byway follows US 14A through Spearfish Canyon. The narrow canyon walls rise sharply skyward from Spearfish Creek as the highway winds through the canyon.
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organization:
  - url: https://www.spearfishcanyon.com/scenicbyway/index.html
    name: Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway
attractions:
  - url: https://www.fs.usda.gov/blackhills
    name: Black Hills National Forest
designations:
  - National Forest Scenic Byway
  - South Dakota State Scenic Byway
states:
  - SD
ll:
  - -103.867409
  - 44.299122
bounds:
  - - -103.93209799999994
    - 44.297829000000036
  - - -103.84435999999994
    - 44.51785700000005

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The Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway, located in the northern Black Hills, is unique because the view is always close to the visitor and always upward.  The narrow canyon walls rise sharply skyward from Spearfish Creek and the highway sculpted along the canyon bottom.  A forest of spruce, pine, aspen, birch, and oak covers much of the hillsides.  Above these slopes, the skyline is topped with an extensive ridge of vertical walled limestone cliffs.