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Attractions near Hot Springs

Mammoth Site, the place to visit in Hot Springs

Roughly 1.9M visitors a year make it to Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Mapped inside Hot Springs is one place to visit, and within 40 miles another 11. Among them are 2 museums, 2 national parks and a national memorial. Fort Robinson, 52 mi away, is the best-known day out.

Attractions nearby
22
within 60 miles
The big one
31 mi
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
National park units
4
parks & monuments
Big draws
3
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
National Memorial · 31 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 map view

Head to the north for most of the 11 on the list.

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

Everything nearby

Every place to visit

First the one in town, then the 21 within 60 miles.

Black Elk Peak

Mountain · 31 mi north · 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 Hot Springs 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 Hot Springs → · Hot Springs’ history →

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

Mammoth Site, Hot Springs: Jeff the quiet, CC0 · 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 · 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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