Black Hills National Forest Active and Adventure Vacations

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Aerial view of the Black Hills, South Dakota
Black Hills of South Dakota (courtesy, South Dakota Tourism)


Black Hills National Forest Overview

Chiseled in granite high on a pine-clad cliff in South Dakota's fabled Black Hills are the portraits of four of America's greatest leaders. Since 1941, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt have gazed quietly across the Great Plains and a land they did so much to mold.

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Super 8 Motel - Spearfish
440 Heritage Dr
Spearfish, SD 57783 Map
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Fairfield Inn Spearfish
2720 1st Avenue East
Spearfish, SD 57783 Map
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Holiday Inn SPEARFISH-CONVENTION CENTER
PO BOX 399
Spearfish, SD 57783-0399 Map
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Mount Rushmore National Memorial
southwestern South Dakota, 100 miles from Badlands National Park
Keystone, South Dakota 57751 Map
Distance: 10.9 Miles (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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Crazy Horse Memorial
Black Hills of South Dakota on U.S. Highway 16/385 just 17 miles southwest of Mount Rushmore.
12151 Avenue of the Chiefs
Crazy Horse, South Dakota 57730 Map
Distance: 5.9 Miles (from destination center)
Description: In 1948, Sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski began... Read More
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Bear Country USA
13820 S. Hwy. 16
Rapid City, South Dakota 57702 Map
Distance: 8.1 Miles (from destination center)
Description: Spy black bear, elk, cougars, and buffalo from... Read More
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GORPTravel Trips

  • Black Hills Multi-sport
    The World Outdoors
    from $2198, 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...


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