For East and West Coasters, South Dakota is squarely ... making this part of the state a road-tripper's rapture. If driving is the only way to see the Black Hills and Badlands region, the best ...

BLACK HILLS ... Leaving Iron Mountain Road, you’ll next turn west and enter into Custer State Park. You’ll continue west through the park until you reach SD-87; the start of The Needles ...

In western South Dakota, the Black Hills rise ... and theme park-like mountain carvings, the Black Hills has emerged as a seminal all-American road trip destination in the heartland.

Southeast South Dakota Surges Ahead of Black Hills in Tourism Revenue LAKE KAMPESKA, S.D. (AP) — As they sat in comfy lawn chairs and sipped cold sodas in a campsite along Lake Kampeska's ...