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Attractions near Colonial Pine Hills

In Colonial Pine Hills, Reptile Gardens is the place to visit

Some 1.9M visitors a year come to Mount Rushmore National Memorial. One place to visit is mapped inside Colonial Pine Hills, with 18 more within 40 miles. Look for 4 museums, 2 national parks and 2 ski areas. Go 42 mi out for Mammoth Site, Hot Springs.

Attractions nearby
20
within 60 miles
The big one
10 mi
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
National park units
4
parks & monuments
Ski areas
2
Terry Peak Ski Area
Big draws
3
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
National Memorial · 10 mi southwest

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 map view

The map ends at Terry Peak Ski Area, 34 mi out.

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Orange: Colonial Pine Hills. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

All the places to visit

19 places in all: one in town and 19 within 60 miles.

Black Elk Peak

Mountain · 15 mi southwest · read 47K times a year on Wikipedia

Tallest mountain in the US state of South Dakota, and the tallest mountain in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains.

Towns near it → · Wikipedia

The places inside Colonial Pine Hills lead. The rest are ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places come first and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Colonial Pine Hills → · Colonial Pine Hills’ history →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Reptile Gardens: Mark Goebel from Taos, New Mexico, USA, CC BY 2.0 · 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 · 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 · Black Hills Central Railroad: Eric Friedebach, CC BY 3.0 · Dinosaur Park: Minnesota Jones at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Rushmore Plaza Civic Center: Mr. Satterly, WTFPL · South Dakota Air and Space Museum: User:Jaydec, CC BY-SA 3.0 · The Journey Museum and Gardens: Tbennert, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lincoln Borglum Museum: National Park Service, Public domain

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