Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Mountain in South Dakota featuring a sculpture of four US presidents.
Attractions near Buffalo Gap
From Buffalo Gap, 27 mi to Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Around 1.9M people visit Mount Rushmore National Memorial each year. None of our places to visit is inside Buffalo Gap; 13 are within 40 miles. On the list: 2 national parks, 2 museums and a national memorial, among others. Travel 57 mi and you reach Fort Robinson.
Attractions nearby
22
within 60 miles
The big one
27 mi
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
National park units
4
parks & monuments
Big draws
3
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
National Memorial · 27 mi north
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Mountain in South Dakota featuring a sculpture of four US presidents.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The map
The places, mapped
Reptile Gardens marks the outer edge, 35 mi away.
Orange: Buffalo Gap. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything nearby
Best known first
The list runs to 22 places, all within 60 miles.
2Crazy Horse Memorial
Mountain monument complex that is under construction on privately held land in the Black Hills.
3Badlands National Park
National park in South Dakota, United States.
4Black Elk Peak
Tallest mountain in the US state of South Dakota, and the tallest mountain in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains.
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6Wind Cave National Park
National park in South Dakota, USA.
Jewel Cave National Monument
Cave in the Black Hills of South Dakota, USA.
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12Wounded Knee National Historic Landmark
U.S. National Historic Landmarked site of the 1890 massacre.
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Hudson-Meng Bison Kill
Archaeological site in Nebraska, United States of America.
South Dakota Air and Space Museum
Aviation museum in South Dakota, United States.
The Journey Museum and Gardens
Archive organization in Rapid City, United States.
Trailside Museum of Natural History at Fort Robinson State Park
Museum in a former theatre building in Fort Robinson State Park, three miles west of Crawford, Nebraska.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Buffalo Gap → · Buffalo Gap’s history →
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits
Mount Rushmore National Memorial: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Crazy Horse Memorial: Jeffreylcooke, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Badlands National Park: Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Black Elk Peak: BHrock at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Custer State Park: Guimir, Public domain · Wind Cave National Park: USGS/USGov, Public domain · Fort Robinson: Slothus, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mammoth Site, Hot Springs: Jeff the quiet, CC0 · Black Hills National Forest: Vocaro at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bedrock City: Tbennert, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wounded Knee National Historic Landmark: Napa, CC BY 2.5 · Black Hills Central Railroad: Eric Friedebach, CC BY 3.0 · Dinosaur Park: Minnesota Jones at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Nebraska National Forest: Bkell, Public domain · Rushmore Plaza Civic Center: Mr. Satterly, WTFPL · Hudson-Meng Bison Kill: SkybirdForever, CC BY-SA 3.0 · South Dakota Air and Space Museum: User:Jaydec, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Reptile Gardens: Mark Goebel from Taos, New Mexico, USA, CC BY 2.0 · The Journey Museum and Gardens: Tbennert, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lincoln Borglum Museum: National Park Service, Public domain · Trailside Museum of Natural History at Fort Robinson State Park: Jonathunder, GFDL 1.2
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