South Dakota
Spring Vacations & Unique Travel Spots
Great Plains Zoo & Delbridge Museum
The Great Plains Zoo features over 500 animals from around the world. Our 45-acre park features animals in simulated
natural habitats, such as the Asian Cat Habitat, Bear Canyon and our new African Savannah. Our popular Children’s Zoo
gives visitors an up close and personal chance to interact with the animals.
The Delbridge Museum of Natural History features an impressive collection of mounted animals from five continents
displayed in simulated natural environments.
Location: 805 South Kiwanis Avenue (16th & Kiwanis Avenue)Sioux Falls, SD
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Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Mount Rushmore is most famous for the faces of the four presidents carved on the mountain, but there is a lot more to
Mount Rushmore than that! There are hiking trails in the park that lead to bald granite peaks, take you through old growth
ponderosa pines. You can see a wide array of wildlife big and small. Biking the steep and curvy road is a thrill for
bicyclists and motorcycle riders. The Black Hills area has been a significant area for many cultures across many
generations.
Location: Keystone, SD
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Jewel Cave National Monument
At 136 miles, Jewel Cave is the second longest cave in the world. It is filled with calcite crystals and other wonders
that make up the jewels of Jewel Cave National Monument. The current length of Jewel Cave is: 136.64 miles. More and more
of the cave is discovered by explorers each year. Cave tours provide opportunities for viewing this pristine cave system
and its wide variety of speleothems including stalactites, stalagmites, draperies, frostwork, flowstone, boxwork and
hydromagnesite balloons.
Location: The main Visitor Center and cave entrance is thirteen miles west of Custer, South Dakota on RT 16, 24 miles east
of Newcastle, Wyoming on RT 16 and 54 miles from Rapid City, South Dakota via RT 16 & 16 -385.
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The Mammoth Site
More than 26,000 years ago, large Columbian and woolly mammoths were trapped and died in a spring-fed pond near what is
now the southwest edge of Hot Springs, South Dakota. Discovered by chance in 1974 while excavating for a housing
development the Mammoth Site is the world's largest Columbian mammoth exhibit and research center for Pleistocene studies.
Location: Hot Springs, SD
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Wind Cave National Park
One of the world's longest and most complex caves and 28,295 acres of mixed-grass prairie, ponderosa pine forest, and
associated wildlife are the main features of the park. The cave is well known for its outstanding display of boxwork, an
unusual cave formation composed of thin calcite fins resembling honeycombs. The park's mixed-grass prairie is one of the
few remaining and is home to native wildlife such as bison, elk, pronghorn, mule deer, coyotes, and prairie dogs.
Location: Wind Cave National Park is located 6 miles north of Hot Springs, SD. The Visitor Center is 11 miles north of Hot
Springs on U.S. Route 385.
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