Bear Butte

mountain and Plains Indians religious site, host to a South Dakota state park in Meade County, South Dakota
Place butte Q2892841
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Bear Butte

Summary

Bear Butte is a butte[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of butte entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (190 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bear Butte is located in Meade County[3].
  • Bear Butte is located in South Dakota[4].
  • Bear Butte is in the country of United States[5].
  • Bear Butte's instance of is recorded as butte[6].
  • Bear Butte's Commons category is recorded as Bear Butte[7].
  • Bear Butte's located in time zone is recorded as Mountain Time Zone[8].
  • Bear Butte's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 44.47582, 'lon': -103.42685}[9].
  • Bear Butte's IUCN protected areas category is recorded as IUCN category III: Natural Monument or Feature[10].
  • Bear Butte's heritage designation is recorded as National Historic Landmark[11].
  • Bear Butte's heritage designation is recorded as National Register of Historic Places listed place[12].
  • Bear Butte's heritage designation is recorded as America's Most Endangered Historic Places[13].
  • Bear Butte's heritage designation is recorded as National Natural Landmark[14].
  • Bear Butte sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1349'}[15].
  • Bear Butte's has climbing route is recorded as Bear Butte Summit Trail[16].

Body

Geography

Bear Butte is in the country of United States[5]. Located in include Meade County[3], a county of South Dakota[17], in United States[18], founded in 1889[19] and South Dakota[4], an U.S. state[20], in United States[21], founded in 1889[22].

Physical Characteristics

Bear Butte sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1349'}[15].

Designation and Status

Bear Butte's instance of is recorded as butte[6]. Heritage statuses include National Historic Landmark[11], National Register of Historic Places listed place[12], America's Most Endangered Historic Places[13], and National Natural Landmark[14].

Why It Matters

Bear Butte ranks in the top 4% of butte entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (190 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . National Register of Historic Places. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · Tuwe waƞżi · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ceb', 'chy', 'commons', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'fr', 'it']
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Meade County, South Dakota
    Sitelink count → 8
    Wikidata description → mountain and Plains Indians religious site, host to a South Dakota state park in
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P131]]: [[Q1211]]"
  2. 4w ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in → —
    Instance of → butte
    Has climbing route → Bear Butte Summit Trail
    Country → United States
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11693]]: 357098848, Adding OSM node id claim from wikidata tag on node/357098848 in United States"
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