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Badlands and Black Hills, South Dakota for School-Age Kids
3 day trip
Day 1
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- Historical Landmark
Mount Rushmore
Keystone, SD
Mount Rushmore is one of those iconic landmarks that kids will remember visiting fondly -- as an adult. At the actual time of the visit, their interest may only hold for...
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- Park
Custer State Park
Custer, SD
Custer State Park is a great place for monument-weary kids to expend a little energy. It's home to the infamous "begging burros" (they'll approach your car, begging for hand...
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- Historical Landmark
Crazy Horse Memorial
Crazy Horse, SD
The Crazy Horse Memorial seems to capture kids' imaginations more completely than Mount Rushmore. Maybe the subject matter -- a Lakota leader on a horse -- is more appealing than presidential faces...
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- Hotel / Motel
Grand Gateway Hotel
Rapid City, SD
You'll appreciate that it's conveniently located, recently renovated, and the price is right, but your kids will love the arcade, indoor and outdoor pools, and the 130-foot indoor waterslide...
Day 2
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- Souvenir & Gift Store
- American
- Burgers
- Ice Cream / Yogurt
- Pizza
- Diner
- Coffeehouse
Wall Drug
Wall, SD
During the Depression, Wall Drug stayed afloat by putting signs on the highway offering free ice water to lure travelers into town. Today, the billboards are spread all over the...
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- Park
- Visitors Center
The Badlands National Park
Interior, SD
The Black Hills area is chock full of man-made attractions, but it also boasts some natural national treasures, and the Badlands is one of them. Otherworldly rock formations, startling...
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- History Museum
Little House on the Prairie
DeSmet, SD
DeSmet is a tiny prairie town whose claim to fame is that it was the setting for the last six of Laura Ingalls Wilders' "Little House on the Prairie" books...
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- Hotel / Motel
Grand Gateway Hotel
Rapid City, SD
You'll appreciate that it's conveniently located, recently renovated, and the price is right, but your kids will love the arcade, indoor and outdoor pools, and the 130-foot indoor waterslide...
Day 3
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- Science & Nature Museum
Mammoth Site
Hot Springs, SD
Enclosed and surrounded by exhibits, it is easy to forget that the Mammoth Site is a rich and active paleontological dig. More than 26,000 years ago, large Columbian and woolly...
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- Wildlife Sanctuary
Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary
Hot Springs, SD
Bus tours of this 11,000-acre ranch in the Cheyenne River Valley take in ancient petroglyphs, 100+ year-old cowboy graffiti, the sets for the movies "Crazy Horse" and "Hidalgo...
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- Historical Landmark
- Town
Deadwood
Deadwood, SD
The entire town is a national historic landmark, true to its Wild West roots, right down to the replicas of turn-of-the-century street lamps. This is where Wild...
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- Hotel / Motel
Grand Gateway Hotel
Rapid City, SD
You'll appreciate that it's conveniently located, recently renovated, and the price is right, but your kids will love the arcade, indoor and outdoor pools, and the 130-foot indoor waterslide...
Badlands and Black Hills, South Dakota for School-Age Kids
3 day trip
Day 1
-
- Historical Landmark
Mount Rushmore
Keystone, SD
Mount Rushmore is one of those iconic landmarks that kids will remember visiting fondly -- as an adult. At the actual time of the visit, their interest may only hold for...
-
- Park
Custer State Park
Custer, SD
Custer State Park is a great place for monument-weary kids to expend a little energy. It's home to the infamous "begging burros" (they'll approach your car, begging for hand...
-
- Historical Landmark
Crazy Horse Memorial
Crazy Horse, SD
The Crazy Horse Memorial seems to capture kids' imaginations more completely than Mount Rushmore. Maybe the subject matter -- a Lakota leader on a horse -- is more appealing than presidential faces...
-
- Hotel / Motel
Grand Gateway Hotel
Rapid City, SD
You'll appreciate that it's conveniently located, recently renovated, and the price is right, but your kids will love the arcade, indoor and outdoor pools, and the 130-foot indoor waterslide...
Day 2
-
- Souvenir & Gift Store
- American
- Burgers
- Ice Cream / Yogurt
- Pizza
- Diner
- Coffeehouse
Wall Drug
Wall, SD
During the Depression, Wall Drug stayed afloat by putting signs on the highway offering free ice water to lure travelers into town. Today, the billboards are spread all over the...
-
- Park
- Visitors Center
The Badlands National Park
Interior, SD
The Black Hills area is chock full of man-made attractions, but it also boasts some natural national treasures, and the Badlands is one of them. Otherworldly rock formations, startling...
-
- History Museum
Little House on the Prairie
DeSmet, SD
DeSmet is a tiny prairie town whose claim to fame is that it was the setting for the last six of Laura Ingalls Wilders' "Little House on the Prairie" books...
-
- Hotel / Motel
Grand Gateway Hotel
Rapid City, SD
You'll appreciate that it's conveniently located, recently renovated, and the price is right, but your kids will love the arcade, indoor and outdoor pools, and the 130-foot indoor waterslide...
Day 3
-
- Science & Nature Museum
Mammoth Site
Hot Springs, SD
Enclosed and surrounded by exhibits, it is easy to forget that the Mammoth Site is a rich and active paleontological dig. More than 26,000 years ago, large Columbian and woolly...
-
- Wildlife Sanctuary
Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary
Hot Springs, SD
Bus tours of this 11,000-acre ranch in the Cheyenne River Valley take in ancient petroglyphs, 100+ year-old cowboy graffiti, the sets for the movies "Crazy Horse" and "Hidalgo...
-
- Historical Landmark
- Town
Deadwood
Deadwood, SD
The entire town is a national historic landmark, true to its Wild West roots, right down to the replicas of turn-of-the-century street lamps. This is where Wild...
-
- Hotel / Motel
Grand Gateway Hotel
Rapid City, SD
You'll appreciate that it's conveniently located, recently renovated, and the price is right, but your kids will love the arcade, indoor and outdoor pools, and the 130-foot indoor waterslide...