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Attractions near Scenic Township

Badlands National Park is the place to visit in Scenic Township

About 1.1M people a year visit Badlands National Park. Only one place to visit is inside Scenic Township, but 5 more are within 40 miles. Look for a national park, a national historic site and a stadium & arena. The best-known trip out is to Mount Rushmore National Memorial, 46 mi away.

Attractions nearby
18
within 60 miles
The big one
46 mi
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
National park units
4
parks & monuments
Big draws
3
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
National Memorial · 46 mi west

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

On the map

On the map, most of the 5 sit to the northwest.

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

Everything nearby

Place by place

After the one in town come 17 more within 60 miles.

Black Elk Peak

Mountain · 51 mi west · 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 Scenic Township 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 Scenic Township → · Scenic Township’s history →

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

Badlands National Park: Martin Kraft, 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 · Black Elk Peak: BHrock at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Custer State Park: Guimir, Public domain · Wind Cave National Park: USGS/USGov, Public domain · Minuteman Missile National Historic Site: Spencer, 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 · 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 · 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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