It was a beautiful experience. Highly recommend. Explore the…read morehistory and development. Take the time to do the scenic walk!

Wow! What a National Treasure. A must-see…read more You can easily spend several hours here. Couple walking/hiking trails. A museum, a movie, a cafe, Ice Cream, and a big gift shop. The lighting ceremony starts at 8pm. Plenty of room/seating in the amphitheater. Get there at about 3:30/4:00pm and you will be busy until 8pm.

There's a lot of history and culture that you can learn in the visitor center but that's as far as…read moreyou can go. You can see the monument from the visitor center inside only unless you pay extra to ride the "tour bus" ($5 per person) on top of the admission price being per person. The eatery closed at 4pm which we had planned to grab a snack so that was disappointing. There was plenty of parking and the visitor center was beautifully well done. I was also very happy to support the center and pay admission, but I don't feel like it was clear how far away you'd be. It felt more like just going to a museum. The clarity on what your experience would be was not explained or labeled clearly at the entrance which is why I gave the experience a 4.

Hint - pull over on the shoulder before you get to the pull off. The pull off is surrounded by…read moretrees and you can't see the memorial. From the pull off you have to get out of your car. I swear if I was Gates/Bezos/Kardashian rich, I would donate however many millions was required to finish this sculpture. It's a shame we have 4 presidents carved into stolen tribal land and there is no money to finish this.

I went there on. Monday, arrived at 2:00 pm parking lot is easy to pay at the kiosk near the…read moreentrance. There is also an audio tour available. There is a long stairway upwards first to see the Sculpture Station before they closed at 4:00. Inside the station is very nice. Up towards there are four separate small biography of those Presidents. After going around, we went to the building with a gift shop, exhibit and theater with a short informative video. Then to the food court which the one in middle was only one open tried the bison burger and fries. Not worth $20.00 but was decent. They close all at 8:00pm The lighting ceremony was very interesting and amazing. Wishing everyone around would be quiet. It was overall great and very informative!

This was an awesome trip! Even though we drove far, it was well worth it!…read more Make sure you do the presidential trail to get up closer to the monument and see the studio where they have a replica of how the monument should be. Easy parking and you will have in and out privilege so you can come back night time to see the lighting of the monument which is highly recommended. Lots of mosquitoes though so be prepared and wear some mosquito repellent.

Fun town!! There were lots of street venders but NO one had corn. It's the corn palace, why not…read morehave corn on the cob ? But we had fun walking around. Free parking too.

It is a nice place for a photo op. It's next to a store with lots of wooden figures. If you are…read morelucky you might see the person doing the wood carvings. It is at the entrance of Hill City. Enjoy!

A temporarily placed statue of Pres. Lincoln outside the Hotel Alex Johnson, Don Perdue came up…read morewith the idea to put a life-sized statue of every U.S. President on the sidewalks of Downtown Rapid City. Each statue is privately funded, then a local artists is selected . They research the president ; learning their passions, hobbies & achievements during their presidency. Well known mannerisms or characteristics are incorporated. This information helps to decide on the pose, facial expression, clothing, and all the amazingly tiny details found on each statue. After they have their concept the sculpting work can begin. It can take up to 9 months for each statue to be created. All the statues match the height & weight of the president except one. Pres. Taft's statue was trimmed down from his actual weight to make the monument affordable. A new audio tour allows us to get to know each as people, not just presidents. We can now dial in or scan the QR code found in the brochure to read along. The audio will even point out those tiny details the artist added info we might overlook.

We were in the area for Mount Rushmore, and were looking for other historic things to do/see. The…read moreFounding Fathers exhibit is really a unique experience. Being able to walk around a display with that kind of detail is impressive. I just wish that there was a bit more included in the price. It is $12 per person (discounts for large families/groups). This price includes a light and audio show (about 20 min) of a life size replica of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. For $30 per person, you get to see the show and shoot 3 shots from a musket at the range out back. The light and audio show was a pretty standard museum type explanation of the events surrounding the Declaration of Independence and the people involved. It's well done and fun to look at. They have information around the room to look at afterwards that gives you a background of all the people mentioned. The stories on them are worth taking a few minutes to read and was probably my favorite part. We really just didnt get enough out of it to make it worth the stop, especially for the price. We were in and out of there in less than an hour. We loved the idea of being able to shoot the replica guns out back and it would have been a fun way to complete the experience, but for $30 each it just didn't make sense. I'm glad we checked it out, but its needs a bit more included to make the detour worth it.

Singo bingo is so fun lots of singing and the best pizza ever . Waitstaff is on pointread more

OMG   O M G ! ! !…read more I'm impressed!!! And I'm not easily the impressed type!!! We live on one of the hills here in town. Last week I was watching the city and the surroundings from one of my windows. It was already dark, probably around nine o'clock give or take not later than ten o'clock. Then I heard a crazy amount of sirens, I could tell, because of the sounds, that it it was the FD. Few minutes later I turned and looked towards the other hill on the opposite side from where I was at, and I saw a huge flame with the shape like the emojis in the middle of the dark, and I was OMG, because I have never seen fire like that before!!! Almost immediately I saw the lights from afar of the FD arriving at the scene, and OMG those guys ROCK!!! It was like they just turned off a switch, because as soon as they got there the flames instantly disappeared!! THANK YOU GUYS for all you do!!! I have heard and watched through the communication systems all you do, but this, I have never seen before in my life!!! I am sooo grateful to know that we count on one of the Best Fire Departments in Rapid City, SD!!! You guys ROCK!!!! Thank you Thank you soooo very much!!!

Flood control, irrigation, and recreation. For us, this was just a beautiful and restful stop on a…read morelong driving day from Wyoming to South Dakota. Photographs don't fully capture the beauty of the area. Sept, 2024.

Such a beautiful lake. Reminds me of Emerald lake in Lake Tahoe. The first day we did the reservoir…read morewhich is an overlook with a large parking lot to take photos. The next day we went to the actual lake to swim and kayak. It's $7 to enter the parking lot for day use and free if you have the State pass. There are two boat launching area but only one swimming area. Plenty of picnic tables. If you want to rent equipment, you'll need to drive further up. Saw people fishing in this area. If you bring your own food, make sure to pack a trash bag because we did see any trash cans near us. Also wear water shoes, it's really rocky in the water. Bring floaties and everything that will make your day complete.

Ellsworth AFB can trace it roots back to 1941 when it was established. It is the home of the 28th…read moreBomb Wing which flies the B-1B Lancer bomber. In addition the 34th Bomb Squadron is part of the 28th and it is the heritage unit of the Doolittle Raiders of WWII fame. Fittingly it will be one of the bases to recive the B-21 Raider which is named in honor of the Doolittle Raiders. Aside from that as a military base, unless you have a sponsor, are invited, or have business on the base it is generally not open to visit

The guards were very helpful directing us to the exchange, the base seems organized, fairly quiet…read morenot busy at all and easy to get around. The landscape and facilities looked well maintained and the youth center seemed to have many activities for the kids. The exchange was in the same location as the food court. It was a decent size exchange and the athletic and toy department was separate in the other end of the same building.