Created by Mandan Lynn on August 26, 2007
- The beautiful Black Hills and its many offerings -- the place I was lucky enough to be born and raised.
- 16 reviews
- 5 Stories
- 72 photos
Created by Noel F. on July 8, 2007
- Over July 4th holiday, two families take a road trip to Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse Memorial, Custer State Park, Badlands, and the Mitchell Corn Palace.
Created by btwood2 on November 9, 2004
- Prime tourist country, the Black Hills are full of accommodations ranging from luxurious to basic. We stayed at two RV parks, reviewed here. There are countless places to find good food, two reviewed below. And...more of my thoughts and ramblings concerning the Paha Sapa.
- 5 reviews
- 1 Story
- 24 photos
Created by btwood2 on October 30, 2004
- In the pine forests of the Black Hills, most of the towns owe their existence to gold, tin, and other precious metals. Nowadays, they survive on tourist dollars. Keystone, gateway to Mt. Rushmore, is commercial and fake-looking. Hill City, also known as Hillyo, has a more authentic feel.
- 3 reviews
- 2 Stories
- 20 photos
Created by btwood2 on October 18, 2004
- Don’t hold it against the town of Custer and Custer State Park that they were named after one of the more infamous characters of the Old West, General George Armstrong Custer. Only 3 miles from the town of Custer, the wildlife-rich state park’s rolling hills are well worth a visit.
- 3 reviews
- 3 Stories
- 24 photos
Created by Jehcekah on October 7, 2004
- A stay in Keystone, SD, just miles from Mt. Rushmore, lends itself to adventurous hiking, sightseeing, and historical landmarks.
Created by btwood2 on September 28, 2004
- These Black Hills towns are steeped in history and folklore. Outlaw Deadwood, resurrected as a low-stakes gambling casino town; Lead (pronounced LEEd), with its gold-saturated canyons and lucrative but now defunct Homestake Mine; and staid Sturgis, which turns into a rip-roarin’ biker town every August during the renowned Sturgis Rally.
- 5 reviews
- 1 Story
- 24 photos
Created by btwood2 on September 3, 2004
- Rapid City, named after the fast-flowing creek that runs through it, the second-largest city in South Dakota with around 60,000 people, isn’t a bad place to take a breather. It's 22 well-maintained parks and recreation areas, renovated, active downtown, and nearness to the Black Hills don’t hurt either.
Created by btwood2 on August 22, 2004
- South Dakota’s Black Hills have attracted people throughout time. Sacred Paha Sapa to the Lakota, tantalizing 1870’s gold seekers with the elusive promise of wealth, and more recently, providing inspiration in its sculptable mountains for two HUGE man-made monuments in granite, Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse.
- 3 reviews
- 3 Stories
- 24 photos
Created by Overlander on November 29, 2001
- South Dakota, in one of the least-known regions of the U.S., offers visitors an insight into "cowboy country" and some of the country's best scenery. It's a blessedly unhurried and uncrowded haven that will relax anyone. Culturally more akin to Wyoming or Montana, western South Dakota and North Dakota should have been divided at the Missouri to form East and West Dakota!
- 7 reviews
- 1 Story
- 26 photos
South Dakota
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