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Attractions near Custer

What to see in Custer, from Black Hills National Forest on

Custer has 20 notable places within 60 miles, among them 4 national park units and 2 ski areas. 2 of them are inside Custer. Mount Rushmore National Memorial sees about 1.9M visitors a year. The best-known trip out is to Terry Peak Ski Area, 41 mi away.

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 northeast

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

Head to the northeast for most of the 16 on the list.

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

Everything nearby

All of it

18 places in all: 2 in town and 18 within 60 miles.

Black Elk Peak

Mountain · 8 mi northeast · 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 Custer 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 Custer → · Custer’s history →

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

Black Hills National Forest: Vocaro at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bedrock City: Tbennert, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 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 · 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

Know a spot visitors miss?Locals know the overlook without the crowds and the diner the tour buses skip.
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