South Dakota
Custer
RV Parks:
American Presidents
Camp
This is a good base camp for visiting Mt. Rushmore and Custer State Park. The
workers were very friendly and accommodating. Full hookup gravel sites with 50
amp, picnic table, grass, pool, hot tub. Quiet, lots of happy family campers.
In the area:
Mt. Rushmore National Monument |
Read our 2002 postcard
| 2004
Custer State Park |
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| Day 2
Crazy Horse Memorial
|
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Wind Caves National Park
Deadwood
Deadwood is a famed Black Hills mining and gambling town - the town where Wild
Bill Hickok was shot in the back. The entire town is designated a National
Historic District. Deadwood offers cheap and ample RV parking.
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Mitchell
RV Parks:
Mitchell Lake Campground
This city-operated campground is on a beautiful lake. Very quiet, tree-filled
and the prices are fabulous. Full-hookups.
In the area:
The Corn Palace |
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Cabela's - Selling anything you could possibly need to hike, fish, hunt,
etc. - with great RV parking, a kennel for your dog, a corral for your horse and
a restaurant if you are hungry.
Mobridge
In the area:
Sitting Bull Gravesite. The possible final resting place (he has been moved,
and may be moved again) of Sitting Bull, 1831-1890. His grave looks out over a
vast valley across the Mighty Missouri River. A beautiful place. Plenty room for
a big rig towing a car in the parking area- easy turn-around too.
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Pierre
In the area: (Pronounced: Peer)
South Dakota State Capitol Building. The South Dakota House was completed in
1910, with a variety of material including native field stone, Indiana
limestone, and Vermont and Italian marble.
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Wall
In the area:
Wall Drug |
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Badlands National Park |
Read our September 2002
postcard
| June 2004
Nearby Restaurants:
The A&M Cafe - in Interior, SD - serves up tasty Indian Tacos. The A & M is on
the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. It was on this reservation where the Massacre
at Wounded Knee occurred.
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