Location: Lead
Top Things to do in Lead
Top Restaurants in Lead
The 6 Best Budget-friendly Things to do in Lead, South Dakota (SD)
Lead (/ˈliːd/ LEED) is a city in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 3,124 at the 2010 census. Lead is located in western South Dakota, in the Black Hills near the Wyoming state line.
Restaurants in Lead
1. Dakota Shivers Brewing
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5.0 based on 28 reviews
2. Roughlock Falls State Nature Area
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5.0 based on 121 reviews
Reviewed By CruisinSarah - Casper, United States
We loved visiting this beautiful area while riding the hills in our ATV! A must-stop attraction in the Black Hills.
3. Sanford Lab Homestake Visitor Center
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4.5 based on 341 reviews
Perched at the edge of the Open Cut, we offer surface tours (summer only) and guided indoor tours! Come learn about Lead's (pronounced leed) history with the Homestake Mining Company, its present and its future as scientists search for dark matter, neutrinos and other secrets of the universe.
Reviewed By G331POjanb
The best place to start is at the 3D structure/sculpture in the middle of the visitor's center. Hopefully you will find someone who can explain what you're looking at as there is a lot to digest about the mine and the lab. This is history and the future, all in one place! The Homestake Mining Company played an important role in the Black Hills and specifically in Lead. And if you have a family, definitely take the time to hit a "hole in one" into the Open Cut! It's fun and a priceless memory for all ages, even those who are just watching. The science taking place in the underground lab is mind-blowing.
4. Black Hills Mining Museum
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4.5 based on 143 reviews
The Mining Museum is currently open Monday through Saturday, 9am to 5pm. Walk through time with the "miners" in timbered passages of a simulated underground gold mine, constructed by over 130 Homestake miners. View historic mining artifacts and local history exhibits. Pan your own gold and visit the gift shop. We will be closing for the season after October 17th, 2020
Reviewed By image-a-nation - Brooklyn, United States
My pals and I stayed up the road from here and checked out the museum on our way out of town. The museum has some neat artifacts and a tour led by a man with deep knowledge on the history of the mine and the area, and just enough dad jokes to keep it entertaining! It was about an hour long and well worth it.
5. Historic Homestake Opera House
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4.5 based on 41 reviews
Built in 1914 by the Homestake Gold Mine the building boasted a billiards hall, bowling alley, library, 1,000-seat theater, and a 25-yd. heated indoor swimming pool. The elaborately designed building survived a theater fire in 1984 and sat empty for nearly a dozen years; but now is a nonprofit performing arts venue hosting 50+ events per year in theatre, dance, and concerts, and educational presentations while the first-ever plasterwork within the interior theater begins restoration progress in 2017.
6. Discovery Tours
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5.0 based on 57 reviews
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