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(OK so we're proud of the local area, home of Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse, Deadwood, the Black Hills, the Badlands, Pine Ridge Reservation, and the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally! - and a few dozen other things, too!)
Badlands National Park official site. Lunar scenery and the biggest Oligocene fossil beds in the world.
Black Hills Attractions A clickable list of local tourist attractions. Too many to list here. Also lists the Badlands.
Black Hills Institute of Geological Research
has a fantastic dinosaur museum in Hill City. Small in area but crammed with
dino skeletons including (usually) several T-Rex. Known worldwide, the Institute
sponsored the 100 Years of T-Rex seminar in the summer of 2005, with many big
names in paleo attending. For even more dinos and critters check out the Geology
Museum at the School
of Mines and Technology.
City of Deadwood Home Page in the northern Black Hills sits famous Deadwood.
City of Rapid City, South Dakota Home Page
Custer State Park Huge park and game preserve in the Black Hills has amazing rock formations, lakes, hills, resorts, and 1,500 buffalo!
Crazy
Horse Memorial Official site. Huge mountain carving of famed Oglala
Lakota leader Crazy Horse will dwarf Mount Rushmore when completed. The
live webcam
is good for day and night viewing (well, it is when they have night
blasting.) The site tells the story of Crazy Horse, the sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski,
and the ongoing work on the mountain by the Ziolkowski family. The Memorial
is also a Native American education center with a fine museum.
Douglas School District Serving Box Elder and Ellsworth AFB
Jewel Cave National Monument official page. 135 miles of explored cave, wonderful crystals. Excellent page on local bats!
Journey Museum "The Journey Museum of Rapid City, SD" is an excellent small museum that covers everything cultural, historical, biological, geological about this town and the Black Hills. Definitely worth visiting while you are in the Rapid City and Black Hills!
Local Weather Courtesy of Wunderground.
Mammoth
Site Located
in Hot Springs in the southern Black Hills, the Mammoth Site is an ancient sinkhole
full of dozens of mammoth skeletons! Take the short Virtual
Tour and check out the Education
Department.
Mount Rushmore National Monument The is the official Parks Service site. Plenty of information, sections on history, nature and science, areas for kids and for teachers.
Mount Rushmore from PBS' American Experience show. Interactive Flash activites tell the story of the carving and more.
Mount Rushmore - State of South Dakota tourism site. Another site with a good History section, tourist info, links to other attractions.
Rapid City and Black Hills Convention and Visitors Bureau
Rapid City Journal Local daily newspaper
Rapid
City Public Library Excellent site, lots of access to sites
for kids, research of all kinds, activities, online catalog, lots more.
South Dakota Air and Space Museum Located in Box Elder near the main Ellsworth AFB entrance. Features a B-1, B-52D, B-29, many more aircraft.
Sturgis Rally. We like the Rally, really we do, but this site is "for kids." Google "Sturgis" and you'll easily find the best Rally sites.
United Sioux Tribes Lakota Nation sites.
Wind Cave National Park official site. Huge cave, buffalo herd, prairie dogs, fossils. All in the beautiful Black Hills.
Youth and Family Services Featuring Head Start, Child Care, Girls Incorporated, Health Connections, counseling services, and much more. Providing essential services to hundreds of underprivileged kids and their families in western South Dakota.
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