Black Hills, Badlands, and Mount Rushmore Family Vacations

Black Hills, Badlands, and Mount Rushmore Family Travel Guide

Family Destinations In or Near Black Hills, Badlands, and Mount Rushmore

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Mt. Rushmore (PhotoDisc)
Mt. Rushmore (PhotoDisc)

Black Hills, Badlands, and Mount Rushmore Family Highlights

By Travel Expert: 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

Black Hills, Badlands, and Mount Rushmore Overview

By Travel Expert: 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.

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Hotels

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Wall-Days Inn
212 10th Ave And Norris
Wall, SD 57790
Hotel Class: 2 class stars
Distance: 49.7 Miles
(from destination center)
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Travelodge Spearfish
346 W Kansas ST
Spearfish, SD 57783
Hotel Class: 2 class stars
Distance: 42.3 Miles
(from destination center)
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4.3 out of 5 6 reviews
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Super 8 Motel - Wall
I-90 Exit 110
Wall, SD 57790
Hotel Class: 2 class stars
Distance: 49.7 Miles
(from destination center)
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Attractions

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Mount Rushmore National Memorial
southwestern South Dakota, 100 miles from Badlands National Park
Keystone, South Dakota 57751 Map
Distance: 18.0 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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The Famous Wall Drug Store
510 N. Main Street
Wall, South Dakota 57790
Distance: 49.6 Miles (from destination center)
Description: 3,000 signs worldwide now point the way to Wall... Read More
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Evans Plunge
1145 North River St.
Hot Springs, South Dakota
Distance: 46.1 Miles (from destination center)
Description: Evans Plunge is the world's largest warm-water... Read More
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