The Ultimate BLACK HILLS Travel Guide: Experience Mount Rushmore, Custer State Park, Deadwood & the Badlands, with Curated Itineraries, Maps and Bucket Lists

This guide shows you how to truly experience the Black Hills, from a simple trip to an unforgettable road trip. Beyond the famous faces, the Black Hills open into winding mountain roads, granite spires, roaming bison, underground caves, historic towns, high-country trails and landscapes that can turn a quick stop into the highlight of your trip. The challenge is knowing how to put it all together. This guide solves that. What's inside this guide: A detailed plan around the time you have: six carefully designed itineraries cover everything from a 3-day long weekend to a full week in the Black Hills, with a 10-day route that adds Badlands National Park and Devils Tower. Drives that make the journey part of the destination: follow Iron Mountain Road through its tunnels and curves, where the road was engineered to frame Mount Rushmore in the distance. Avoid the mistakes that cost visitors hours: learn which roads close in winter, when trailhead parking fills, how far ahead cave tours can sell out, and what the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally means for lodging and traffic across the region each August. A bucket-list tracker with 50+ experiences and a road-trip planner for accommodations, routes, reservations and budget give you practical tools to use before you leave and while you are on the road. Visit South Dakota for Mount Rushmore, but stay for the roads, the wildlife, the trails, the towns and the landscape that surrounds it. The Black Hills are lovely. This is the only guide you'll need to experience them properly.