Must-SeeMount Rushmore
South Dakota
About 21 miles away
Four presidents carved into a granite mountain in South Dakota's Black Hills, with Badlands National Park nearby.
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Jewel Cave
One of the longest caves in the world, its walls crusted with calcite crystals, toured deep below the Black Hills.
- Best Time to Go
- May–Sep
Our full guide to Jewel Cave is being written. It's on the Midwest list as If You're Nearby.
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Worth a DetourDeadwood
South Dakota
About 46 miles away
An 1876 gold rush town, where Wild Bill Hickok was shot at the poker table holding aces and eights, in the Black Hills.
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Worth a DetourBadlands National Park
South Dakota
About 66 miles away
Sharply eroded buttes and pinnacles in pink and tan layers, on South Dakota's prairie, with bison and bighorn sheep.
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