Black Hills, Badlands, and Mount Rushmore Family Travel Guide

Black Hills, Badlands, and Mount Rushmore Family Travel Guide

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Black Hills, Badlands, and Mount Rushmore Family Travel Tips

By Candyce H. Stapen

  • Admire the massive carvings of presidential faces on Mount Rushmore.
  • Tour what will be the largest mountain carving in the world when completed, the Crazy Horse Memorial.
  • Learn Great Plains history and the Lakota myth at the Journey Museum.
  • Take a jeep safari through grasslands at Custer State Park, where the buffalo roam.
  • Hike among fantastical pinnacles, cones, peaks, and canyons at Badlands National Park.
  • Explore two of the U.S.'s longest caves, Wind Cave and Jewel Cave.

Family Overview: Black Hills, Badlands, and Mount Rushmore, South Dakota

By Candyce H. Stapen
South Dakota makes for an intriguing family vacation, offering a fun-filled combination of natural beauty, unusual geological features, and distinct Native American and Westward Expansion heritage. Read More

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  • our drive trip is scheduled for mid may 2010, what is the weather like at that time and how do we pack ie: clothes and other life accessories. we also need a localized hotel so that we can drive to all the locations easily. any help or maps would be a great help. we are coming from seattle, wa.
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  • Will we be able to find a hotel the week of July 12, 2009 in the Black Hills without prior reservations? For $100 or less?
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Hotels

from: $66

Best Western Black Hills Lodge

540 E Jackson Boulevard
Spearfish, SD 57783-2204 Map

Distance: 41.9 mi.
(from destination center)

Hotel Class: 3 class stars

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Expert Rated & Recommended
4.0
from: $59

Wall-Days Inn

212 10th Ave And Norris
Wall, SD 57790 Map

Distance: 49.7 mi.
(from destination center)

Hotel Class: 2 class stars

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from: $71

Best Western Plains Motel

712 Glenn Street
Wall, SD 57790 Map

Distance: 49.7 mi.
(from destination center)

Hotel Class: 2 class stars

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Attractions

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

expert favorite attraction
southwestern South Dakota, 100 miles from Badlands National Park
Keystone, South Dakota 57751

Distance: 18.0 mi. (from destination center)

Description: Four presidential faces carved from a mountain, considered one of the wonders of the world -- go for the nightly lighting ceremony.... Read More
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The Famous Wall Drug Store

510 N. Main Street
Wall, South Dakota 57790

Distance: 49.6 mi. (from destination center)

Description: 3,000 signs worldwide now point the way to Wall Drug, made famous by its offer of "free ice water"... Read More
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Angostura Recreation Area

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

Distance: 46.5 mi. (from destination center)

Description: Angostura Reservoir is a recreation area offering opportunities for boating, fishing, and swimming.... Read More
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Other Smaller Airports near Black Hills, Badlands, and Mount Rushmore

Distance (mi.)
Rapid City Regional Airport 9.6 map
Gillette Campbell County Airport 115.7 map
Scottsbluff Scotts Bluff County Airport 154.2 map

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