* Moon is on private land – please view from road.
Moon, South Dakota was an actual incorporated town in the late 1800’s. It was named after a local settler, named Jack Moon. Located near the corner of Boles Canyon Rd and Six Mile Rd, it was a tiny local community to serve the area ranchers, fur traders and prospectors.
At one time it had a general store, a bar, a post office, and several other buildings. There was even a campground here. Sometime in the 1920’s or so the town more or less just died. The buildings were abandoned. The 14 or so acres that used to be the town are now under private ownership. Some of the buildings that remain are used as a private Elk hunting retreat.
Degrees Minutes Seconds:
Latitude: N43 56 47
Longitude: W104 00 29
Decimal Degrees:
Latitude: N 43.9464
Longitude: W -104.0083
GPS:
Latitude: N 4
Longitude: W -103 59.996
UTM:
13N 579580 4866398
Trailhead:
Ditch Creek Trailhead
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