Community Information
Spearfish Offers a Surprising Array of Shopping Choices
As a “micropolitan” community, Spearfish offers big-city shopping and services in a small-town environment, boasting over 40 unique specialty shops. Shopkeepers in Spearfish are well known for going the extra mile with friendly, personal service. Browse through...
Hospitality, Variety Abounds with Lodging and Dining
Options exist for lodging Spearfish and the surrounding Black Hills area offer many beautiful lodging options for your visit. Whether you are looking for the coziness of a bed and breakfast or the privacy of a vacation home or cabin, a hotel in town, or a place to...
Serving the Community through Worship and Services
A community known for reaching out to its neighbors, Spearfish is spiritually and socially active. Spearfish is home to over 30 different houses of worship that represent most major denominations and include numerous independent congregations, each working toward the...
Spearfish Positions itself for Dynamic Growth, Earns ‘Micropolitan’ Label
BROAD-BASED ECONOMIC CLIMATE Heralded as one of the fastest growing “Micropolitan” communities in the Midwest, Spearfish is quickly earning the reputation as the destination of choice for new businesses and residents alike who are looking for a high-quality place to...
Natural Beauty and Unique Scenery Highlight Spearfish Area
SPEARFISH CANYON Spearfish Canyon has a beauty unique to each season. Fall dazzles with great colors when the aspen and birch turn golden yellow and the oak and sumac flame shades of red. The Canyon is equally awe-inspiring in winter when heavy wet snow piles up on...
District Increasing Enrollment and Educational Experiences for Youth
The educational infrastructure in Spearfish helps attract people to the community, but according to one local administrator, the educational system itself has benefited from those who have relocated here. “Spearfish is a great place to live and because of that, we are...
The Black Hills: Your Backyard Playground
From hiking, biking and climbing to skiing, snowmobiling and snowshoeing, the Black Hills National Forest offers recreational activities for all ages, stages, and interests. “We are lucky enough that we can go skiing, ice climbing and biking all in one day living in...
Progressive Community Exceeds your Expectations
When Tony Schavone moved to Spearfish with his wife Alyce in 1957, to teach at Black Hills State University, there were only three paved roads – Highway 16 (Colorado Boulevard/North Main) passing through town, Jackson Boulevard to University Street, and University...
Main Street Project Helped Downtown Strive
Streetlights, people, flowers and traffic; these are all in abundance in downtown Spearfish. Day or night, Main Street is a bustling place. “The Main Street Project really helped encourage business owners to come and fill any void we had,” said Downtown Business...
Shaping History
Prior to the Black Hills Gold Rush of 1876, the Dakota Territory area, now known as Spearfish, was used by Native Americans (primarily bands of Sioux but others also ranged through the area) who would spear fish in the creek, hence the name of the creek and...
Spearfish Arts and Attractions
As a vibrant art and cultural community, Spearfish is home to many artisans. From world-renown to local talents, there are sculptors, potters, woodworkers, painters, photographers, jewelers, singers, songwriters, actors and dancers, all working to make Spearfish a hub...
Health and Wellness in Spearfish
Plenty of lifestyle choices promote As lives grow busier, the need to make time for exercise, eating right and spending time with family and friends becomes more important. The Spearfish area is home to an eclectic blend of choices for a healthy lifestyle. It’s been...
Dining in Spearfish
When Bonnie and Bob Dardis opened the McDonald’s on North Avenue in Spearfish in August 1981, they were a little nervous. “They knew it was a small town for a McDonald’s,” explained their son, Calvin Dardis. “My dad kept his job as a milkman for Brown & Swiss for...
Town, Park, Creek and Canyon
Recently National Geographic’s Adventure Magazine selected Spearfish as one of the “Top 50 Best Places to Live and Play” and also one of only eight cities selected as a “Hot Spot” in America. Spearfish takes pride in its extensive and progressive parks and recreation...
Economic Growth of Spearfish
People live in Spearfish for its quality of life, diverse economy, good transportation system, comprehensive health care offerings, and a strong educational system, including the university presence. Spearfish represents one of the most broad-based economies in...
Spearfish Serves as Health Care Hub
Spearfish’s geographic location has served the community well – and not just for tourism. For folks living in western South Dakota, northeastern Wyoming and southeastern Montana, quite often Spearfish is the closest option for health care, according to Larry Vietz,...