South Dakota Active and Adventure Travel Guide

South Dakota Active and Adventure Travel Guide

• South Dakota Overview
• South Dakota Hotels
• South Dakota Attractions
• South Dakota Feature Articles
• South Dakota Airports
• South Dakota Flights

Other Guides for South Dakota

• South Dakota Travel
• Active and Adventure Guide
  • Biking
  • Caving and Canyoneering
  • Climbing
• Family Guide
• Parks and Outdoors Guide
  • Camping
  • Horses and Riding
  • Road and Rail Journeys

Top Active and Adventure Destinations In South Dakota

• Black Hills National Forest, SD
  (11 mi.)
• Custer State Park, SD
  (12 mi.)
• Wind Cave National Park, SD
  (22 mi.)

Travel Guides In South Dakota

• Badlands National Park, SD (74 mi.)
  • Family Guide
• Black Hills, Badlands, and Mount Rushmore, SD (32 mi.)
  • Family Guide
• Mount Rushmore, SD (2.3 mi.)
  • Family Guide
• Rapid City, SD (32 mi.)
• Aberdeen, SD (158 mi.)
• Custer, SD (10 mi.)
• Deadwood, SD (0.6 mi.)
• Faulkton, SD (31 mi.)
• Hill City, SD (7.1 mi.)
• Mitchell, SD

Midwest Active and Adventure States/Provinces

• Indiana
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• North Dakota
• South Dakota
• Wisconsin

Active and Adventure Travel Destinations

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  • New Jersey
  • Pennsylvania
  • West Virginia
• Midwest
  • Indiana
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • South Dakota
  • Wisconsin
• Mountain West
  • Colorado
  • Idaho
  • Montana
  • Utah
  • Wyoming
• Northeast
  • Maine
  • Massachusetts
  • New Hampshire
  • New York
  • Vermont
• Pacific Coast
  • Alaska
  • California
  • Hawaii
  • Oregon
  • Washington
• Southeast
  • Alabama
  • Arkansas
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana
  • Mississippi
  • North Carolina
  • Tennessee
  • Virginia
• Southwest
  • Arizona
  • Nevada
  • New Mexico
  • Texas

The Needles in Custer State Park, South Dakota (Glen Allison/PhotoDisc/Getty)

On This Page:

• Top Destinations
• Photos
• Feature Articles
• Practical Advice
• Adventure Trips
• Gear
• Fitness
• Attractions
• Hotels

Top Active and Adventure Destinations	Related Travel Guides	Find Hotels
Black Hills National Forest		Hotels
Wind Cave National Park		Hotels
Custer State Park		Hotels

Photos

Feature Articles

• Wilderness Therapy
  outside
  Lose (and find) yourself in the great wide open
• GORP - Buffalo Gap National Grasslands - Hiking
  gorp
• Climb Every Mole Hill
  outside
  The highest points in heartland states like Kansas and Iowa aren't much to look at, but when you knock off seven of them in a four-day, 3,000-mile blitz . . . well, let's just say the little bastards have a way of kicking back.
• A National Park for All Seasons
  Spring
• GORP - Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota - Hiking Bear Mountain Trail
  gorp

Practical Advice

• Tuning Up Your Skis
  outside
  "Ninety percent of people do nothing to take care of their skis from the day they buy them to the day they throw them in the trash," says Peter Boyer, of Boulder, Colorado's Alpine Base & Edge. Don't follow suit. We asked Boyer for a few tips to keep your skis and boards running fast and true.
• What Chris Figenshau, Photographer, Brings
  outside
  The 37-year-old Victor, Idaho, resident spends over 100 days a year in the field, often chasing the world's best skiers around in snowy ranges from Bolivia to Morocco. Here's what he usually takes along.
• Playing It Safe
  Tout, scam, trickery, pickpockets, or downright theft—any one of 'em can turn a trip of a lifetime into a lifelong lesson. Here's how to avoid bad experiences.
• Fix a Busted Tire with a Buck
  outside
  Flatten your bike tire on a thorn and you can patch the inner tube or swap in a new one—no problem. Damage the tire itself (say, by tearing your sidewall on a sharp rock)—much bigger problem. Here's a quick field solution to keep you on the roll.
• How to Build a Bomber Anchor
  outside
  To set up your own anchor for a climbing top rope (or slackline, or car stuck in a ditch), all you need is a 20-foot piece of webbing, a carabiner, and a tree.

GORPtravel Adventure Trips & Guided Tours

• 
  Black Hills Multi-sport
  The World Outdoors
  from $2398, 6 days
  Criss-cross the path of General George Armstrong Custer's 1874 Black Hills Expedition on foot, bicycle and horseback on this Black Hills multi-sport...
  
• 
  Canoeing the Upper Missouri River - Lewis and Clark's Wilderness
  Big Wild Adventures
  from $2200, 8 days
  The upper Missouri - A gentle river, flowing mostly through wilderness, little-changed since Lewis & Clark. ...
  
• 
  Black Hills of South Dakota - Mickelson Trail
  Timberline Adventures
  from $1795, 6 days
  The Black Hills of South Dakota stand as sentinels announcing to westbound travelers that they at last have reached the threshold of the Great...
  
• 
  Dakota Dreamin'
  Timberline Adventures
  from $3300, 12 days
  From the Missouri River, as it carves its course through the center of the Dakotas, effectively dividing east from west, to the badlands and rugged...
  

Gear

• Therm-a-Rest ProLite 3 and Trekker Chair
  The best sleeping pad and chair-maker
• Ice Climbing Gear Essentials
  outside
  The key to staying warm and stuck to the ice? The right stuff.
• Train: Bell Volt Bike Helmet
  outside
  
• Trek: Camp Corsa Ice Ax
  outside
  
• Movement Goliath Backcountry Skis
  outside
  

Fitness

• The Rowbike
  outside
  Video
• Saddle Up
  outside
  Spring is here. Time to wipe the cobwebs off your bike, oil your chain, and kick your fitness into a new gear. Here's how.
• The Crazy Bet
  outside
  Win a $6,000 Custom Made Frame Set!
• The Master Plan
  outside
  A sport-by-sport guide to everything you need to excel.
• Mountain Athlete
  outside
  Jackson, Wyoming

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Attractions

Angostura Recreation Area

Traveler Rating

Not Yet Rated

10 miles SE of Hot Springs off US Hwy. 385/18
13157 N. Angostura Rd.
Hot Springs, South Dakota 57747

Description: Angostura Reservoir is a recreation area offering opportunities for boating, fishing, and swimming.... Read More

Expert Rated & Recommended

Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary

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14 miles south of Hot Springs off Hwy. 71
P.O. Box 998
Hot Springs, South Dakota 57747

Description: The Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary spans 11,000 acres and is home to more than 500 wild horses... Read More

Expert Rated & Recommended

Evans Plunge

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1145 North River St.
Hot Springs, South Dakota

Description: Evans Plunge is the world's largest warm-water indoor swimming pool. Vistors can enjoy three Waterslides, Tarzan Rings, Fun Tubes, Kids Pools, and a full service Health Club.... Read More

Expert Rated & Recommended

Hotels

Sojourner Inn

1729 Minnekahta Ave.
Hot Springs, SD 57747 Map

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Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites HOT SPRINGS

1401 HWY. 18 BYPASS
Hot Springs, SD 57747 Map

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4.5 out of 5
8 reviews

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Super 8 Motel Hot Springs

800 Mammoth Street
Hot Springs, SD 57747-0612 Map

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5.0 out of 5
5 reviews

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