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Northwestern Black Hills
The Bearlodge District office is in Sundance in the northwestern part of the Black Hills within the state of Wyoming.
Community of Sundance, WY
The community of Sundance, which has a population of approximately 1,200, (as of 2022) offers one library, two day care centers, ten churches, four motels, one RV park, one hospital, a nursing home, one dentist, four doctors, one pharmacy, one newspaper, one bank, cable television, post office, telephone service, police department, volunteer fire department, emergency medical technicians, city offices, as well as some local retail businesses. The nearest commercial airports are located in Rapid City, SD (80 miles) and Gillette, WY (60 miles) both full-service communities.
Public recreation in Sundance include one baseball field, one golf course, two tennis courts, one bike path, one swimming pool, and two parks. In the immediate vicinity is trout fishing, access to over 300 miles of snowmobile trails, hunting, hiking and camping. Forest service campgrounds near Sundance are Cook Lake, Reuter, and Sundance Trailhead. Devils Tower National Monument, featured in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," is located 27 miles northwest of Sundance. There is a Wyoming State Park at Keyhole Reservoir 19 miles west on Interstate 90.
Major employers in Sundance are: Crook County School District, Crook County government, US Government agencies, Powder River Electric (REA), Crook County Nursing Home, Energy Electric and Wyoming Transportation Department. The economic base for the area is primarily ranching, logging, mining and tourism.
Sundance has a public school district with one elementary school, one junior high/high school, one alternative high school, and a Community Education Program. Black Hills State University in Spearfish offers both day and night classes, as does Gillette Community College.
The Sundance area is a thriving community with recreational opportunities unending.
For more information on Sundance, Wyoming please visit the Sundance Chamber of Commerce website at: http://www.sundancewyoming.com/.
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