Links Attractions | Hotels/Motels | Campgrounds | Bed & Breakfasts | Restaurants | Visitor Services   Attractions 1880 Train - Black Hills Central Railroad www.1880train.com - The 1880 TRAIN is beyond imagination. Located near Mt. Rushmore National Monument and Crazy Horse Memorial, the locomotive offers a western experience like no other. Feel the power. Hear the bellow of the engine and the whine of the whistle as it winds its way through the scenic hills between Hill City and Keystone... and back again. Bear Country USA www.bearcountryusa.com - Enjoy a leisurely 3-mile drive through this spectacular and unique wildlife park nestled on 250 acres of the beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota. Beautiful Rushmore Cave www.beautifulrushmorecave.com - Beautiful Rushmore Cave is the closest cave to Mount Rushmore and the home of the LEGENDARY BIG ROOM . The one-hour quided tour winds through a series of rooms and passages. The most stunning is the BIG ROOM ! This room is one of the largest decorated cavern rooms seen on any area cave tour. Open May through October Big Thunder Gold Mine www.bigthundmine.com - Experience the Black Hills Gold Rush of the 1880's. Informative guides lead you underground where you receive a free sample of gold ore. Pan for gold by the stream. Visit the mining museum and gift shop. Black Hills Caverns www.blackhillscaverns.com - Nature's masterpiece of underground wilderness, featuring 28 different cave formations in 3-level wind caverns. Hills' greatest crystal cave with the best variety of formations. Logomites, frost crystal, stalactites, stalagmites, helectites & colorful calcite crystals. 1 hr. Adventure and 1/2 hour easy Crystal Tours. Unique gift & rock shops and free geological museum. Black Hills Maze www.blackhillsmaze.com - Challenge the 37,000 square-foot two-level Maze. Ride the 400-foot Racing Zip lines over the Maze. Conquer the 25-foot ClimbingTower. Cool down at Water Wars.Try your skill at Bankshot Basketball, too. Crazy Horse Memorial www.crazyhorse.org - Crazy Horse Memorial, the world’s largest sculpture, now in progress, is located in the Black Hills of South Dakota on US Highway 16/385 just 17 miles southwest of Mount Rushmore. The work was begun in 1948 by sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski, now deceased, at the request of Native Americans. Flintstones Bedrock City www.flintstonesbedrockcity.com - Bedrock comes alive in this Stone Age theme park of fun-filled buildings, rides and play areas. Yabba Dabba Doo! Ride the Flintmobile and “Iron Horse” Train! See the Rockin’ Flintstone Trio Show, Mount Rockmore & the Rockmore Theatre! Eat Brontoburgers & Dino Dogs! Flying T Chuckwagon Supper & Show www.flyingt.com - Leader & pioneer of chuckwagon entertainment in the Black Hills since 1979. Western music show and comedy in authentic showbarn. Twin fiddles and steel guitar. Supper at 6:30, with show following! Mid-May thru late Sept. Heritage Village www.heritage-village.com - Make Fun of Your Vacation! - FREE Old West Village for Kids! - Gift Shops - Dining - Trail Rides - Camgrounds with Full RV Hookups, Tipis, and Cabins - FREE Rodeo Clown and Bullfighters Museum - Full Service Lounge The Journey Museum www.journeymuseum.org - Take an incredible trek through time, from the formation of the mystical Black Hills to the continuing saga of the Western frontier. Four unique collections allow you to actually see, hear and touch history from the perspective of the Lakota people and the pioneers who shaped its past. Mt. Rushmore National Memorial www.nps.gov/moru - View the "Shrine of Democracy," created by Sculptor Gutzon Borglum. Presidents Washington, Roosevelt, Jefferson and Lincon represent the birth, growth, development and preservation of our country for the first 150 years of existence. Information center, Avenue of Flags, 1/2-mile Presidential Trail, Sculptor's Studio, Lincoln Borglum Museum, Shopping and Dining available. Evening lighting ceremony held at 9PM from May-August and 8PM September. Old MacDonald's Petting Farm www.oldmacsfarm.blackhills.com - At Old MacDonald's Farm you can enjoy over 100 friendly farm animals in a clean, relaxed, hands-on enviroment. The kids can bottle feed the baby goats, lambs, and calves in the Nursery and Bottle Baby pens. Watch chicks, ducklings, goslings and baby turkeys hatch in the incubators in the Poultry House, and let the kids hold the ones that have gotten their "legs". Pet and feed the goats and sheep, and don't forget the pigs - they love to eat! You can even feed the Koi in the Fish Pond and the Ducks and Geese in the Duck Pond! Don't miss the World-Class Pig Races which are run 5 times a day; they are a hoot! Watch the sure-footed goats cross the 87 foot long suspended Goat Bridge, and don't forget a Pony or Train Ride for the kids to top off their visit! President's Alpine Slide www.presidentsslide.com - Three attractions in one: scenic chairlift ride, a thrilling alpine slide ride, and a mountaintop garden with an outdoor cafe. Take the chairlift up to enjoy burgers and beer, flowers and breathtaking views. Then ride the chairlift back down, or have an unforgettable bobsled-like adventure descending 2,000 ft. of track. Reptile Gardens www.reptilegardens.com - World's largest, most beautifully displayed reptile collection. Spectacular tropical orchids in the Nation's original indoor jungle. Giant tortoises. Exotic birds. Komodo Dragons. Rushmore Borglum Story www.rushmoreborglum.com - The historic “Shrine to Democracy” is brought to life in this beautiful Museum and Gallery, which showcases scores of Gutzon Borglum’s paintings, sculptures and artifacts. Discover what motivated Borglum to begin at age 60 what men half his age would not attempt! Watch the blasting and carving in our exclusive film. South Dakota School of Mines Geology Museum museum.sdsmt.edu - World-class specimens of prehistoric Badlands mammals, marine reptiles and dinosaurs. Superb exhibits of rocks, minerals, ores, gold. Free. Summer excavations. Sitting Bull Crystal Caverns www.sittingbullcrystalcaverns.com - Come experience a world unlike any other. Friendly guides lead you through crystalline passages in the Paha Sapa limestone. Dog-tooth spar crystals, some as large as 16" in length! Unique gift shop. Stagebarn Crystal Cave www.blackhillsattractions.com/pages/attractions/stagebarncrystalcave.html - See Nature at work building a colorful variety of crystals & cave formations. Courteous guides. Good trails & lighting. Impressive one-hour tour features exquisite natural coloring & rare formations in Black Hills' largest private cave system. Moderate-to-steep climb to entrance. Extraordinary scenery in unspoiled Stagebarn Canyon. Storybook Island www.storybookisland.org - A free children's park in Rapid City, where Dr. Seuss, Winnie the Pooh, Cinderella and other fairytale characters dwell. Swing, slide, ride the train or bring a picnic. Snack bar available. Gift shop has all your favorite storybook characters in games, books, movies and t-shirts! Special characters come to life and perform at the McDonald's free children's theatre. Thunderhead Falls www.blackhillsattractions.com/pages/attractions/thunderheadfalls.html - Ten miles west of Rapid City on Hwy 44. A spectacular vertical waterfall 600 feet inside a mountain. Located inside the oldest gold mine in the Black Hills that is open to the public. Waterfall highlighted with color. An Historic Attraction. Easy walk. Hotels/Motels Alex Johnson Hotel www.alexjohnson.com AmericInn Lodge & Suites www.americinnrapidcity.com Best Western Ramkota Hotel & Convention Center www.ramkota.com/rapidcity.html Best Western Town & Country Motel www.blackhillsbadlands.com/bwtown/default.asp Comfort Inn I-90 www2.choicehotels.com/ires/hotel/sd004 Comfort Inn & Suites www2.choicehotels.com/ires/hotel/sd056 Country Inn & Suites www.countryinns.com/rapidcitysd_south Dakota Pines Inn www.dakotapinesinn.com - 1313 N. Lacrosse St. Rapid City, SD 57701 (605) 348-3313 Days Inn I-90 www.daysinnrapidcity.com Days Inn - Main Street www.the.daysinn.com/rapidcity12215 Econolodge www6.choicehotels.com/SD010 Fair Value Inn www.blackhillsbadlands.com/fairvalue/default.asp Four Seasons Motel www.blackhillsbadlands.com/4seasons Garden Cottages Motel www.blackhillsbadlands.com/gardencottagesmotel/default.asp Hampton Inn www.hamptoninnrapidcity.com Holiday Inn Express I-90 www.akershospitality.com Holiday Inn Express - Mt. Rushmore Rd. www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/ex/1/en/hd/rapsw?irs=null Holiday Inn Rushmore Plaza www.jqh.com/rapcc_entry.cfm Howard Johnson Express Inn & Suites www.hojorapidcity.com Lake Park Motel www.lakeparkresort.com Microtel Inn & Suites www.microtelinnrapidcity.com Motel 6 www.motel6.com/reservations/motel_detail.asp?MotelId=0352 Quality Inn www.rapidcityqualityinn.com Radisson Hotel www.radissonrapidcity.com Rushmore Inn and Suites images.leonardo.com/hotels/UZ/Rushmore%20Inn%20and%20Suites%20Rapid%20City.html - 5410 S Highway 16 Rapid City SD (877) 747-8713 Rodeway Inn www2.choicehotels.com/ires/hotel/SD001 Super 8 Lodge www.super8.com/Super8/control/Booking/property_info?propertyId=03591&brandInfo=SE Super 8 Motel I-90 www.super8.com/Super8/control/Booking/property_info?propertyId=03587&brandInfo=SE Time Inn Motel www.blackhillsbadlands.com/timeinn/default.asp Town House Motel www.blackhillsbadlands.com/townhouse/default.asp Western Thrifty Inn www.blackhillsbadlands.com/westernthrifty/default.asp Campgrounds Flintstones Bedrock City www.flintstonesbedrockcity.com - Open meadow, hilltop location. - Full Service Park - Tenting to Full RV Hook-ups and Camping Cabins - Children recreation, Heating Swimming Pool Heritage Village www.heritage-village.com - Make Fun of Your Vacation! - Free Old West Village for Kids! - Gift Shops - Trail Rides - Campground with Full RV Hookups, Tipis,and Cabins - Free Rodeo Clown and Bullfighers Museum - Full Service Dining and Lounge Lake Park Campground www.lakeparkcampground.com - Located in the beautiful Black Hills! - Full hookups - Cable TV - Laundromat - Tent Sites - Furnished Cottages - Bike Trail - Fishing - Paddle boats Rapid City KOA www.koa.com/where/SD/41102.htm - Luxury camp at base of Black Hills. Easy access. Free pancakes. City conveniences, deluxe sites. Rental cars and guided tours available for exploring scenic mountain roads. Pool and hot tub. Weekly watermelon feeds. Nearby shopping mall, civic center, speedway, sports fields and fairgrounds. Bed & Breakfasts No link have been entered for this category Restaurants Colonial House Restaurant & Bar www.rapidcityjournal.com/bhflavor/restaurants/colonialhouse - Colonial House serves an American casual cuisine from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. seven days a week. Locally family owned and operated for 23 years. Xanterra Parks & Resorts - Mt. Rushmore www.mtrushmoregiftshop.com Visitor Services Affordable Adventures www.enetis.net/~carol - Year round tour Services for individuals, small and large groups. Serving the Black Hills and Badlands of South Dakota and surrounding areas. Free pick-up and delivery in Rapid City. Avis Rent-A-Car www.avis.com - Conveniently located at the Rapid City Regional Airport Black Hills Visitor Information Center www.blackhillsbadlands.com - "We know the territory!" So many things to do...so many ways to get there! The Black Hills Visitor Information Center at Rapid City, I-90 Exit 61 welcomes you with an array of free services designed to smooth your way and maximize your vacation fun in the Black Hills of South Dakota! Budget Rent-A-Car www.budgetrapidcity.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=eee20abb788d4f3a93a44f2f263aeb55 - Budget Rent A Car of Rapid City in South Dakota. Booking cars online just got easier! No lines, no paperwork, less time! At Budget Rapid City we offer world class fleet! Casey's Auto Rental www.caseyscorner.com - We have a large selection of Pickup Trucks, Sport Utility Vehicles, Conversion Vans, and even Cargo Vans! Please call us for details. We're the leader of Black Hills auto rental and Rapid City car rental specialty vehicles. Certified Folder Display www.certifiedfolder.com - Brochure Distribution company Gray Line of the Black Hills www.blackhillsgrayline.com - Over 50 Years of Sightseeing Excellence! Spend the day with Gray Line in the beautiful Black Hills.