The Yates Shaft and administration buildings at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) on a cold morning surrounded in snow and frost covered trees.
The Yates Shaft and administration buildings at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) on a cold morning in February of 2024. This shot was taken twenty years after the establishment of the South Dakota Science and Technology Authority. Photo

Directions and Weather

Directions, weather and travel information.

Getting to SURF

You will be driving through a residential neighborhood on Mill Street and Summit Street. Please watch for children playing by the road. The speed limit is 20 mph.

Directions from Rapid City Regional Airport

Weather information

Operations and Status Alerts

In the event of poor weather conditions, Sanford Lab employees can contact supervisiors for information. Employees, researchers, contractors and other visitors may also call the Sanford Lab Operations Status/Weather Line at (605) 722-0002 or check Facebook or Twitter. 

Check this National Weather Service link for weather in Lead or check this general link to the National Weather Service in Rapid City, S.D.


 

Weather Information

Check this National Weather Service link for weather in Lead or check this general link to the National Weather Service in Rapid City, S.D.

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