Lookout Valley
Late seventies and early eighties houses on the north side, half a mile from downtown Spearfish.
- Typical Lot
- Most lots near 0.2 acre.
- Build Era
- Lots recorded 1978 to 1985
Facts checked August 2026
Half a mile from downtown, north off North Avenue and North 10th Street, with Oriole Drive and Cardinal Court running back into the pocket. Lookout Valley went in between 1978 and 1985 and the trees have had forty years to do their work, which is the first thing you notice turning in off the arterial.
Old enough to have a character
Lawrence County records 123 parcels in the Lookout Valley plats, 83 of them carrying a house. Recording ran heaviest in 1978 and 1979, with a second run in 1983 through 1985, so most of what stands here is a forty year old house on a city lot.
The lots are small and consistent. By county parcel records the middle sits near a fifth of an acre, which is a mowable yard, a single driveway and neighbors close enough to wave at. Anyone who wants a shop and a gravel pad should be looking west of town instead.
What forty years does to a house
Everything municipal is here: city water, city sewer, city plowing, Spearfish Police and Fire, Spearfish School District 40-2, and the walk to Main Street is short enough to be an actual walk in September and an argument in January.
The inspection list is where the age shows up. Original panels and aluminum branch wiring turn up in houses of this vintage, sewer laterals of the same age are worth scoping, and roofs in this hail corridor need a paper trail rather than a glance. Radon sits under all of it, since these basements are the part of the region where it registers.
Where Lookout Valley sits
The outlines below are reference geometry from county records, not a survey. The recorded plat and a current survey control the exact lines for any one lot.
Subdivision map
- Lookout Valley, recorded as Lookout Valley Subdivision
Subdivision outline derived from parcel boundaries in the public Lawrence County GIS parcel layer. This is a reference map, not a recorded plat or survey. Verify the legal description and recorded plat for a specific property.
Recorded plat names
- Lookout Valley: Lookout Valley Subdivision
What homes cost here
No verified set of recorded sales for Lookout Valley sits behind this page, so there is no sale range published here. In a neighborhood this age condition decides the number anyway: two houses on the same street separate by twenty percent on wiring, windows and whether the kitchen was ever touched.
How these figures are calculated
How far to things
- Nearest hospital
- In town
Monument Health Spearfish Hospital
Typical driving time with clear roads.
At a glance
- Typical Lot
- Most lots near 0.2 acre.
- Construction Era
- Lots recorded 1978 to 1985
Last verified August 2026. How these figures are calculated
What to check at this address
- Jurisdiction
- City of Spearfish
- Water
- City of Spearfish municipal water.
- Sewer
- City of Spearfish sewer.
- HOA
- None established in the county parcel record.
- Streets and snow
- City of Spearfish plows.
- School district
- Spearfish School District 40-2
- Fire district
- City of Spearfish Fire Department
Open the ones that apply to the address you are looking at.
Radon
The Black Hills sit on granite and radon levels here run high, so test during the inspection period and price mitigation into your offer if the number comes back elevated.
Read the full guideHail and roof age
Hail season here runs from late May through August, so ask for the roof age, the last claim history and any impact-resistant rating before you write.
Property taxes
Look up the actual assessed value and the current levy for the parcel instead of trusting the listing figure, which is often a year or more behind.
Read the full guideWhere the water goes
Walk the lot and look at how the ground falls away from the foundation, where the downspouts end and whether the low corner of the yard holds water. Ask a neighbor what the street does in a hard August rain.
Homes for sale in Lookout Valley
Nothing of mine is listed in Lookout Valley today. This search is set for Lookout Valley and shows whatever is active there right now.
Common questions about Lookout Valley
How close is Lookout Valley to downtown Spearfish?
About half a mile. It sits north of the downtown grid, reached off North Avenue and North 10th Street.
When was it built?
Lot recording runs 1978 to 1985, heaviest in 1978 and 1979. Confirm the construction year for a specific address, because county parcel records do not publish it.
How big are the lots?
Small and consistent, most near a fifth of an acre in county parcel records. This is a city lot neighborhood, not an acreage one.
What should an inspection focus on here?
Electrical panels and branch wiring, the sewer lateral, roof age against the hail record, and radon. All four are normal for a house of this vintage in Lawrence County and all four are worth the money.
What to check before you write an offer
On any address you are serious about, buyer due diligence should include the school assignment from the district, the water quality report from the utility that serves it, and the assessed value and levy from the county. Here are the sources for each one.
The sources, by category
Schools
Confirm the assigned school for a specific address with the district, because boundaries change and they change more often than people expect. Spearfish School District 40-2 · School and district profiles on GreatSchools · Preschools and private schools in the Black Hills
Drinking water
Every public water system publishes an annual water quality report. Read the one for the system that serves the address you are considering, not the one for the town next door. Rapid City water quality reports · City of Box Elder Water Division · City of Spearfish water · EPA drinking water lookup
Property taxes and assessed value
Lawrence County Equalization · Pennington County Equalization · Meade County Equalization
The county record, the plat and the recorded covenants are the three documents to read on any address here. I do not rate schools and I do not characterize neighborhoods as safe or unsafe. Those readings are yours to make from the sources above.
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These open my search site, where the listings update from the MLS through the day. This page is the background; that one is the inventory.
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Price, down payment, rate, taxes, insurance and HOA in one number.
New to the Black Hills? Start with the questions people ask.
On a Lookout Valley address, what has been replaced since 1979 comes from the disclosure and the permit history, and it is worth knowing before you fall for the trees.
Considering a home here?
Send the address and we can talk it through. The details that change from one property to the next are jurisdiction, water and sewer, the school the district assigns, covenants, road maintenance and the rest of what never shows up on a listing.
Talk to Henry
Call or text 605-490-2040 and we can talk through what is realistic in Lookout Valley right now, including what has closed nearby.
Last updated August 2026
This guide is general information, not legal, tax, lending or financial advice. Facts and figures are cited from public sources as of August 2026 and change over time. Henry Roy is a licensed real estate professional with Ascend Realty in South Dakota. Equal Housing Opportunity.