FREE Weekends in Badlands National Park

Badlands free weekends poster.

To promote tourism in National Parks throughout the United States, the National Park Service is offering a handful of free entrance fee dates in 2010 to all visitors.

June 5-6, August 14-15, September 25, and November ...Read More

Area Highlight: Mount Rushmore

The four presidents at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial is impressive, and a sight not to miss when traveling to the Badlands of South Dakota. I highly recommend making the trip to see this truly wonderful monument to our great ...Read More

Annual Events in the Black Hills

Motorcycles lined up at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.

The Black Hills are an isolated mountain range in the Great Plains and one of the most interesting landscapes you can imagine. Stretching through South Dakota and Wyoming, this National Forest area offers some of ...Read More

Area Highlight: Crazy Horse Memorial

The Crazy Horse Memorial in South Dakota.

While Mt. Rushmore might be the most famous tourist site in the Black Hills, the Crazy Horse Memorial, just 17 miles away, is another must-see destination that shouldn’t be overlooked. This massive mountain carving is ...Read More

Black Hills ATV’n

ATV tour near the Black Hills.

The one-million-plus acres the Black Hills offers a huge diversity of ATVing terrain. Whether you want to follow pine-needle-covered Forest Service roads running through conifer forests; wind your way through gray, clayey hills; climb boulders ...Read More

Visiting the Badlands

View over the Badlands in South Dakota.

The wondrous Badlands National Park is a fascinating tour of fossil beds and stories about the evolution of mammals. Located in the southwest of the state of South Dakota, the park is open year round, ...Read More

Snowmobiling in the Black Hills

Ripping it up on a snowmobile in the backcountry in the Black Hills.

The arrival of winter in the Black Hills certainly doesn’t see an end to exploring the great outdoors – if anything, once the snowmobiles come out it’s even easier to access many of the areas ...Read More

Surprise Motorcycle Rally in the Black Hills

Motorcycles lined up at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.

Driving cross-country a few years ago from Boston to San Francisco, I remember seeing the Black Hills suddenly pop up as dark colored hills along the mostly brown and tan horizon line. We knew we ...Read More

Top Oktoberfest Celebrations in the Rocky Mountain

Snake River Brewery hosts an annual Oktoberfest celebration.

You don’t have to travel to Munich, Germany to celebrate one of the world’s most popular festivals. Oktoberfest has found its way to a handful of towns in the Rocky Mountains. I always thought it ...Read More

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