Western South Dakota Tourism
Western South Dakota Tourism on SouthDakotaBeautiful.com Western South Dakota Tourism - also known as the Black Hills, Badlands, & Lakes Region - your South Dakota Tourist Guide to Vacations, Attractions and Events
Custer State Park - Custer, South Dakota
Custer State Park in the Black Hills encompasses 71,000 acres of spectacular terrain and an abundance of wildlife.
Favorite outdoor activities include hiking 7,242-foot Harney Peak, mountain biking, horseback riding, rock climbing, fishing, chuckwagon suppers and jeep rides to see the bison.
CRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL - Custer County, South Dakota
Crazy Horse Memorial, the world’s largest sculpture, now in progress, is located in the Black Hills of South Dakota on US Highway 16/385 just 17 miles southwest of Mount Rushmore.
The Memorial includes the Indian Museum of North America, the Native American Cultural Center which was dedicated at the 1996 Native American Day celebration, the sculptor’s studio, as well as a new 40,000-square-foot Orientation Center and theaters opened in May 2000.
Cosmos Mystery Area - Rapid City, South Dakota
Cosmos Mystery Area near Rapid City is a natural phenomena that is intriguing and mind boggling. If you don’t get a chance to see a lot of other things, you will want to visit this place…it’s awesome!
Have you ever stood on the wall or felt an unexplainable force? At the Cosmos you can experience all of this and much, much more.
Cleghorn Springs Aquatic Center & Hatchery - Rapid City, South Dakota
At Cleghorn Springs near Rapid City, South Dakota, the Game, Fish and Parks Department raises trout and salmon which are stocked in the state’s fishing waters. Rainbow trout and Chinook salmon are the major species raised. Five hundred thousand fish, totaling 90,000 pounds, are produced annually.
Circle B Ranch Original Chuckwagon Supper & Western Music Show - Rapid City, SD
Nestled on 58 acres in the Black Hills National Forest of South Dakota near Rapid City, is the Circle B Ranch Chuckwagon - a Black Hills tradition since 1976.
Stroll along the wooden sidewalks of the Old West town, browse in the Wild Horse Gift Shop, sip a cold sarsaparilla in the Buffalo Room Soda Fountain, or watch the world-class woodcarver, Doug Ladd, shape one of his creations. Lots of folks come for the trail rides through the pine forest, an historic journey on an antique covered wagon, or a jaunt on a friendly pony.
Badlands Petrified Gardens - Kadoka, South Dakota
The Badlands area’s foremost geological attraction since 1956. The Badlands Petrified Gardens, is located in Kadoka, South Dakota.
The Petrified Gardens offer a yardful of petrified wood, displays of minerals which fluoresce under ultraviolet light, and a museum containing both fossilized fishes and fossilized feces (coprolites).
Big Thunder Gold Mine - Keystone, South Dakota
The Big Thunder Gold Mine was once a real, operating gold mine during Keystone’s heyday as a gold mining camp. Big Thunder Mine today is the only gold mine in the Keystone area that’s open for tours.
Visitors get a free sample of gold ore during the underground tour and have a chance to pan in a real placer deposit along Battle Creek.
Black Hills Aerial Adventures - Custer, South Dakota
Black Hills Aerial Adventures - Custer, South Dakota
Are you looking for something different a wonderful? How about a birds eye view of the wonderful area around Mt. Rushmore? With Black Hills Aerial Adventures, you can see some of South Dakota’s most beautiful sites, and have one of the rides of your life!
Black Hills Balloons - Custer, South Dakota
Black Hills Balloons - Custer, South Dakota
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to fly over the beauty of South Dakota in a hot air balloon? Now you can!
Drift along, cloud-like, above the peaks and scenic lakes. Herds of wild buffalo, elk and deer are frequent sights.
Black Hills Caverns - Rapid City, South Dakota
Black Hills Caverns - Rapid City, South Dakota
Gold seekers found the caves in 1882 but they had been used by the Lakota Indians for years before that.
Black Hills Caverns is a huge cave with a fantastic variety of formations:
