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Attractions near Hill City

Black Hills Central Railroad, the place to visit in Hill City

Hill City has 20 notable places within 60 miles, among them 4 national park units and 2 ski areas. Black Hills Central Railroad is inside Hill City. Mount Rushmore National Memorial sees about 1.9M visitors a year.

Attractions nearby
20
within 60 miles
The big one
6 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 · 6 mi southeast

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

Where each one is

At the edge of the map sits Badlands National Park, 39 mi out.

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

Everything nearby

Place by place

The town has one; within 60 miles, the list finds 19 more.

Black Elk Peak

Mountain · 5 mi southeast · 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 Hill City 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 Hill City → · Hill City’s history →

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

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

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