A few summers ago I took a road-trip through South Dakota and absolutely loved it! In this road trip I include my top picks for 
✨Hotels & Airbnbs 
✨Must visit restaurants & bars
✨Outdoor & Cultural Activities 
✨and much more! 
We visited Mount Rushmore, Badlands National Park, Custer State Park, Deadwood, Rapid City & More! 

Sioux Falls, SD, USA

Deadwood, SD, USA

Custer State Park, South Dakota, USA

Badlands National Park, South Dakota, USA

Rapid City, SD, USA

Mount Rushmore, Mount Rushmore UT, SD, USA

South Dakota | Road Trip 

This road trip is recommended for a minimum of 15 days. It is a total of 5613 miles. If you would like assistance planning camping spots, more sights, or making a day-by-day itinerary with cost and other details, please feel free to reach out to us! 

Saratoga, WY, USA

Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming 110, Devils Tower, WY, USA

Laramie, WY, USA

Blue Ridge Parkway, Cherokee, NC, USA

Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Homes, Olivet Avenue Southeast, De Smet, SD, USA

Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, South River Avenue, Weston, WV, USA

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan, USA

Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota 244, Keystone, SD, USA

South Dakota and Eastern Wyoming Road Trip 

This Guide features 2 days filled with hiking, camping and site seeing in Badlands National Park! Make a weekend roadtrip, or add it to your cross country itinerary. Either way, the Badlands is a must see! 

Wall Drug Store, Main Street, Wall, SD, USA

Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota, USA

Black Hills National Forest, West Pennington, SD, USA

2 Day Budget-Friendly Itinerary | Badlands National Park 

Welcome to my completely unorganized but oh-so-helpful map of South Dakota! An absolute smorgasbord of my own travels and research, suggestions from friends and strangers, and many treasures found along the way, this is where I compile all things SD for my future trips and yours. Things I particularly love that you’ll find a lot of:
☕️ Coffee shops & bakeries
🌮 Local cuisine
🏛️ Museums of all kinds
🌳 Gardens & parks
🛏️ Boutique hotels
🍕 Small regional chains with good reputations

All my guides in this category are $5 per 100 places included, but since I add to these constantly, you can lock down the lowest price today and gain a lifetime access!

South Dakota, USA

South Dakota

The Badlands National Park is a very unique landscape located in south western South Dakota.  After driving around and exploring the Park  you may find yourself disoriented.  It can be difficult to determine if you are looking at the mountains or deep in a valley. 
The topography as you approach the Park is flat grasslands,  but the moment that you see the first vista, you may ask yourself "WTF?"

The park abounds with a variety of wildlife including Prarie dogs,  bald eagles,  bison and bighorn sheep. 

Regardless of the time of year,  the park is usually very windy. 

Wall

Badlands 

The ultimate guide to U.S. Roadside attractions, oddities, special museums and "worlds largest" record holders all across the country. With a collection of over 180 locations spread across the U.S. add a roadside attraction to your next car ride. Stops like these make for a lifetime of silly memories and the best road trip filler destinations. 

The Central Midwest is home to the vast majority of these silly show stopping attractions, but every state is represented at least once with a special stop. 

Explore a wide collection of roadside attractions, oddities, enormous objects and a whole lot of fun by state below.

The Ultimate Guide to U.S. Road Side Attractions

Wall Drug Store

Their signs don't lie.  We began noticing their signs along I-90 as soon as we entered South Dakota.  They really have 10,000 cowboy boots,  $.05 coffee and jackalopes. 
You could literally spend a whole day in Wall Drug and not see everything that they have.  It is a very unique place and well worth the stop.

A must see when driving through South Dakota! Make a game out of counting all the billboards you see. bonus points if you have kids-- will keep them busy for at least an hour!

Stop here on your way out of town to Mount Rushmore! A huge kitschy “drug store” known for their donuts & much more! 

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