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Badlands and Black Hills, South Dakota, Family Vacation

Mammoths and Mighty Mount Rushmore

Badlands and Black Hills with School-Age Kids

Critters, mammoth digs, monuments, and quirky roadside stops (feed burros at Custer; spy prairie dogs in the Badlands) make it a can't-miss trip.
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The Blacks Hills has been an iconic family road trip for generations. The quirky mix of kitschy family-run roadside attractions, rich fossil beds, massive monuments, and the wild beauty of the Badlands and the Black Hills, grazing bison, or wild mustangs really do provide something to appeal to every age.

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Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary

Good for School-Age Kids

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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...

  • Wildlife Sanctuary

Reptile Gardens

Custer State Park Area

Good for School-Age Kids

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From the road, this looks like another kitschy roadside attraction -- and it is. But there's also a lot to see here. There are rock and fossil specimens; a sky dome...

  • Zoo

Devil's Tower

Good for School-Age Kids

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Rising straight up out of the surrounding countryside, Devil's Tower has some serious "wow" factor. Watch "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" before you go and the kids will be...

  • Scenic Landmark

  • Park

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Mammoths and Mighty Mount Rushmore

A Family Vacation in Badlands and Black Hills, SD with School-Age Kids
  1. 1.

    Mount Rushmore
    Mount Rushmore
    13000 Highway 244
    Keystone,  SD  57751-0268
    605-574-2523
    43.88651111111111 -103.46872305555556
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    Deadwood
    Deadwood
    Highway 14A
    Deadwood,  SD  57732
    800-999-1876
    44.37638583333333 -103.72964833333333
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Mt. Rushmore
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