Top Things to do in South Dakota
Top Hotels in South Dakota
- 1. Best Western Plus Rapid City Rushmore
- 2. Bavarian Inn, Black Hills
- 3. K Bar S Lodge
- 4. Hampton Inn & Suites Southwest/Sioux Falls
- 5. La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham Sioux Falls
- 6. Deadwood Gulch Resort, Trademark Collection by Wyndham
- 7. Best Western Golden Spike Inn & Suites
- 8. Comfort Suites Conference Center Rapid City
- 9. La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham Rapid City
- 10. Country Inn & Suites by Radisson, Rapid City, SD
10 Room Escape Games in South Dakota That You Shouldn't Miss
South Dakota has good golf courses, skiing, snowmobiling, horseback riding, hiking, and biking among rolling prairies, pine forests, and granite mountain peaks like Mount Rushmore. Glacial lakes and Missouri River reservoir lakes provide great fishing, boating, canoeing, water skiing, and windsurfing. The whole family will enjoy this prairie land where grain growing begat roadside attractions like the Corn Palace in Mitchell. Everything made from corn, even the popcorn, tastes better here. Where buffalo roam, roadside diners serve up buffalo and luscious homemade fruit pies. Shop for good deals on cowboy boots on the same Black Hills and Badland Main Streets where cowboys and cowgirls outfit themselves. Be near the eroded buttes, spires, and prairie grasslands of Badlands National Park in Lead, Deadwood, Rapid City, Spearfish, Sturgis, Hill City, Custer, and other nearby towns. The whole family will enjoy watching for big game like bison, bighorn sheep, antelope, eagles, and hawks. Drive the one-hour Hwy 240 loop road, with a side-trip to Robert's Prairie Dog Town. Learn about the Oglala Sioux Tribe at the White River Visitor Center, which is near Wounded Knee. Tour the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site's Cold War nuclear silos, just outside the Park's boundaries. About 90 minutes west of Badlands National Park is Mount Rushmore. Lead, Deadwood, Rapid City, Spearfish, Sturgis, Hill City, Whitetail Springs, and Custer are also very near Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Custer State Park, Wind Cave National Park, and Jewel Cave National Monument. View Mount Rushmore from the aerial tramway in Keystone, which also houses the Borglum Historical Center celebrating the artist behind the sculpting of Rushmore. Take the kids to the Dinosaur Park in Rapid City. Attend Custer State Park’s Annual Buffalo Roundup and Arts Festival. Bedazzle the whole family with sparkling calcite crystals in 151-mile long Jewel Cave. Bison, pronghorn, and elk graze the grasslands of Wind Cave National Park. Central South Dakota has the state capitol, Pierre, in addition to numerous lakes along the Missouri River. Go fishing and boating in the rivers and lakes. Take the kids to the South Dakota Discovery Center and Aquarium in Pierre to see the state’s native fish. Drop by the Dacotah Prairie Museum along the James River in Aberdeen in the northeast to learn prairie history and natural history. Swing by Sioux Falls to see the USS South Dakota Battleship Memorial and special exhibits at the Old Courthouse Museum. Choose from among 10 golf courses in Sioux Falls.
Restaurants in South Dakota
1. Escape 605
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 166 reviews
Real life, interactive puzzle game rooms where groups of 2-20 have 60 minutes to crack all the riddles, clues & codes to escape the room in time!
Reviewed By 605Jackiechan
Staff is a lot of fun and very helpful. We went to the downtown location and did the axe throwing, so much more fun than I thought it would be. Plus when you are done they also have bean bags, giant jenga, and other games as well.
2. Sherlock and Co.
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 2 reviews
3. Rapid Escape Rooms
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 7 reviews
Rapid Escape is the first Reality Based Real Life Escape Game in our area. Great family entertainment for all generations, great activity for businesses and any organization for team building and promoting bonding amongst individuals. We also have a room that can be incorporated into your escape for parties or meetings. Call us for details and let us help make your special occasion or monthly meeting unique for you. You can see available times and book your escape on our website. Walk ins are welcome if space is available. Please call or email with any questions you may have.
Reviewed By CharlesP1904
It was really a challenging and fun escape room. A must try experience with friends or family. There are four rooms to choose from. Great challenges awaits for each room. It has bathroom onsite.
4. Breakout Hill City
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 2 reviews
The only live escape games in the central Black Hills!
5. Escapades Escape Rooms
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 238 reviews
We offer 7 escape rooms with different themes, as well as a pretty awesome escape game. All our rooms are completely unique and offer tough challenges and lots of puzzles! We are the only Sioux Falls escape room company that completely designs our rooms from scratch! This makes our rooms 100% unique and delivers an unmatched experience! Our staff is the main reason our rooms are #1 rated by local consumers. They truly care about each group and go out of their way to make sure that our customers have the best time possible. Come see for yourself why we have the best escape rooms in Sioux Falls!
Reviewed By natalietg
Awesome staff and a fun experience! I would recommend this place to any group or family it’s the perfect outing.
6. Escape Rooms at that place
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 37 reviews
Mitchell's downtown, interactive, unique, room-sized games have been a great escape from the ordinary since 2016! Attempt one of our "escape rooms" on Tuesdays through Sundays by booking your team's reservation online! Custom dates and times might be available upon request. These family-friendly but challenging escape rooms are located in the same building as our teen center "that place for teens" which has been providing a free place for students on Fridays for over 22 years! Not only will your team of 2-8 people have a great time finding clues, solving puzzles, and conquering our gadgets and gizmos, but you will also be supporting the efforts of our teen center! We have hosted businesses, classes, sports teams, birthday's, reunions, families, friends... really anyone who wants to work together to take on some challenging fun! Message or call us for more information about our escape rooms or with any questions that you might have. Stay Curious!!
Reviewed By reclamationr
The Escape rooms at That Place for Teens are a great way for families, friends and teams to hang out and have fun! We will visit as often as possible! Plus there are many other games and activities to enjoy!
7. Conquer Escape Rooms
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 4 reviews
We are South Dakota's newest escape room experience, conveniently located at Air Madness Trampoline park in Harrisburg, SD. Just 10 minutes South of Sioux Falls. We offer (3) 60 minute Hollywood themed escape room experiences, Escape Plan, Recon and opening in January 2019 Diamond Quest. Admission is $35 for adults and $25 for Kids 8-12 (Includes all taxes and fees)
Reviewed By Meander812262
Wow, wow, wow!!!!! We definitely did not expect to find an escape room brand of top tier quality outside of large cities, but then we went to Conquer Escape Rooms outside of Sioux Falls in Harrisburg, South Dakota and there it was! At the time we were there, they had two escape rooms: the Escape Plan (jail theme) and Diamond Quest (Indiana Jones-esque theme) with the third room under a revamp. Now I’ve done over 150 escape rooms across the country and both these rooms are for sure in the top 10%. Conquer Escape rates high in every basic category that you could evaluate. The puzzles are all logical and have a natural flow that provide a great overall experience. There are mental, seeking, and physical puzzles that should engage any skillset. The brand uses new generation technology that is integrated, so few to no standard low-tech locks (only used in places that would make sense in the context of the storyline). Along those same lines, the thing that separates a good room from an epic room is the immersion factor, which these rooms have in oodles. From the scenery that has a level of authentic feeling, to the actors that put you into character during the beginning of the rooms, to the tasks and puzzles that feel like you really are Indiana Jones or an escaping inmate, it was end-to-end one of the best escape room experiences ever. I would highly recommend this brand to a newbie doing their first escape room (start with Diamond Quest) to experienced escape artists, a well-built and thoughtfully designed room guarantees fun for anyone who loves puzzles! Conquer Escape was an unexpected gem worth a trip to try, it is just that good! This escape room is part of a larger entertainment venue that includes a trampoline park and laser tag, so it has something for everyone.
8. Black Hills Escape Rooms
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 33 reviews
Live action escape games based on real Western South Dakota events. Fun, challenging and addictive, solve the clues to "escape" the rooms in 60-120 minutes... IF you can! 5 Scenarios available. Murder in Saloon #10, Haunted Deadwood Bed & Breakfast, Zombie Prairie Dogs, and WWIII-Aliens and Ellsworth AFB. Soon to be returning, Terror at Holy Terror Mine!! Each room has a different difficulty level. You can play past the time limit, we want you to succeed, but if you can finish before time is up, you can make the top 20 list on our web page!
Reviewed By TheNextBillGates - Richmond, United States
Great experience at the WWIII room! I've been to some rooms that are nothing more than 20 padlocks that you have to open. Not here - this includes computers, lasers, black lights, multiple numeral systems, magnetic locks, and more. Very well thought out. I really appreciated that they don't kick you out at the time limit and that they don't force you to play with other people. Happy in every way with our experience.
9. Deadwood Escape Rooms
Overall Ratings
1.0 based on 1 reviews
The Deadwood Escape Rooms are an interactive real-life puzzle adventure. Your group is locked into a room and will need to use the elements to solve a series of puzzles and help find clues to escape the room within the hour. Choose your room, teammates, and time to play.
10. The Nook
Skilled and experienced therapists offering high quality massages, skincare, sauna, and waxing treatments in the heart of downtown Rapid City.
