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South Dakota Vacation Guide

The first thing anyone thinks of when they hear the name South Dakota is Mount Rushmore, home to the 60 foot tall faces of four American presidents. And for most people, that's probably the only thing they know about the state. What most people fail to understand is that South Dakota offers a wide variety of activities for a wide variety of traveler types. From the Mount Rushmore National Memorial to places like Custer State Park, Crazy Horse Memorial, the town of Deadwood (made infamous in recent times by the HBO show), to places like the Badlands National Park, the childhood homestead of American author Laura Ingalls Wilder (she of Little House on the Prairie fame), or The Mammoth Site in the southern Black Hills, where the largest collection of Columbian woolly mammoth fossils can be found, there’s simply so much to see and do that it almost defies imagination.

The state itself can be broken into four distinct regions. The southeast portion of the state is the most populated, and contains Sioux City, while the northeastern corner is largely agricultural, and contains the Coteau des Praries as well as various lakes and rivers. The Great Lakes area borders the Missouri River, and the Badlands and Black Hills section of the state is where all the national parks, forests, frontier towns, and Indian reservations can be found. So, depending on what you want to see and do, depends on which part of the state you go to.

The best time to visit the state is in late summer and early fall. Otherwise, temperatures are either too cold, or too blistering hot. However, there are various ski resorts in the mountains, so if you want to experience that aspect of South Dakota, then you definitely want to come here in the winter. Otherwise, the best time to come is when the weather is mild enough that you can experience the wonders of the state without sweating or freezing your toes off.

Travel and Tourism Guides for Popular Cities in South Dakota

  1. Rapid City
  2. Sioux Falls
  3. Wall
  4. Custer
  5. Keystone
  6. Hill City
  7. Sturgis
  8. Deadwood
  9. Watertown
  10. Mitchell
  11. Hot Springs
  12. Spearfish
  13. Murdo
  14. Interior
  15. Philip
  16. Pierre
  17. Brookings
  18. Vermillion
  19. Aberdeen
  20. Kadoka
  21. Eagle Butte
  22. Imlay
  23. Chamberlain
  24. North Sioux City
  25. Yankton
  1. Rockerville
  2. Bear Creek
  3. Winner
  4. Oacoma
  5. Belle Fourche
  6. Huron
  7. Lead
  8. De Smet
  9. Brandon
  10. Okaton
  11. Kennebec
  12. Madison
  13. Fort Pierre
  14. Sisseton
  15. Scenic
  16. White River
  17. Pringle
  18. Dell Rapids
  19. Mobridge
  20. Faith
  21. Wagner
  22. Martin
  23. Selby
  24. Milbank
  25. Faulkton
  1. Freeman
  2. Box Elder
  3. Pine Ridge
  4. Canistota
  5. Oglala
  6. Plankinton
  7. Beresford
  8. Redfield
  9. Miller
  10. Mission
  11. Lemmon
  12. Kimball
  13. Clear Lake
  14. Arlington
  15. Buffalo Gap
  16. Hartford
  17. Oral
  18. Jefferson
  19. Manchester
  20. Salem
  21. Vienna
  22. Bridgewater
  23. Alexandria
  24. Volga
  25. Nemo
  1. Wanblee
  2. Scotland
  3. Stickney
  4. Moon
  5. Saint Francis
  6. Tea
  7. Ward
  8. Humboldt
  9. Trent
  10. Cactus Flat
  11. Rockyford
  12. Lake Preston
  13. Colome
  14. Lake Andes
  15. Conde
  16. Canton
  17. Monroe
  18. Lily
  19. Butler
  20. Lesterville
  21. Gregory
  22. Chancellor
  23. Hudson
  24. Langford
  25. Blackhawk