Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Mountain in South Dakota featuring a sculpture of four US presidents.
Attractions near Provo
Wind Cave National Park, 28 mi from Provo
About 606K people a year visit Wind Cave National Park. The town has no place on our list of its own; 3 are within 40 miles. There are a national park, a national monument and a museum to choose from. At 50 mi, Mount Rushmore National Memorial is worth the journey.
Attractions nearby
16
within 60 miles
The big one
50 mi
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
National park units
5
parks & monuments
Big draws
2
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
National Memorial · 50 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
The 3 outside town cluster to the northeast.
Orange: Provo. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything nearby
Everything to see
16 places, all within 60 miles, make the list.
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.
7Jewel Cave National Monument
Cave in the Black Hills of South Dakota, USA.
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11Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
U.S. National Monument near Harrison, Nebraska.
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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 Provo → · Provo’s history →
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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 · Agate Fossil Beds National Monument: The original uploader was Urban at French Wikipedia., Public domain · Bedrock City: Tbennert, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Black Hills Central Railroad: Eric Friedebach, CC BY 3.0 · Nebraska National Forest: Bkell, Public domain · 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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