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.
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4.5 based on 117 reviews
Area of Badlands National Park with unusual scenery and wildlife such as bighorn sheep, buffalo, black-footed ferrets and prairie dogs.
Much less crowded then the loop road I enjoyed the beauty and the peace there. But mind - its all gravel road so if another car passes or you are behind another you have to wait till the dust settles so you can see anything again. And there are not many "official" spots to park and enjoy the view. Nevertheless its absolutely worth driving there and enjoy the fascinating landscape.
4.5 based on 25 reviews
We watched the fireworks after the concert, they were amazing. The area was set up with food trucks etc, it was fun. At one point we walked the bridge to the Nebraska side and back. Talked to one of the workers who was a long time resident and he shared his story about growing up near the bridge and how they used to jump from it. I can't imagine! Very enjoyable evening.
4.0 based on 1,140 reviews
This is the most incredible little town!! Lots of shops, museums and of course you must see the graves of Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane. It of course is a tourist town, but lots of fun to be had.
4.0 based on 5 reviews
On March 30, 1743 the Verendrye brothers buried a lead plate at this location claiming this area for France. In 1913 a group of school children found the plate.
3.0 based on 80 reviews
You'll be screamin' Mulligans at Keystone's only 18-hole mini-golf. The Holy Terror Mini Golf course is nestled on the side of a pine-covered slope in Keystone. Named after the last active gold mine in Keystone, the course will have you “screamin’ mulligans” as you putt around gold-flecked boulders, up steep hills, down thru the mine slew, and around the water wheel and bubbling stream. A mini golf experience the whole family will never forget! Challenging, yet fun! The 18-holes meander more than 50 feet up a steep hillside, and then down again, unified by a gold mining motif and rushing water that flows from a watertank, thru sluices, over a waterwheel and into a millpond. They even have three kinds of artificial turf that simulate fairways, sand traps and rough.
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