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Attractions near Sturgis

Mount Rushmore National Memorial, 36 mi from Sturgis

Each year, some 1.9M people go to Mount Rushmore National Memorial. With nothing inside Sturgis, the list has 12 places within 40 miles. The mix takes in 4 museums, 2 ski areas and a national memorial. Travel 40 mi and you reach Crazy Horse Memorial.

Attractions nearby
18
within 60 miles
The big one
36 mi
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
National park units
3
parks & monuments
Ski areas
2
Terry Peak Ski Area
Big draws
2
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
National Memorial · 36 mi south

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 lie of the land

At the edge of the map sits Black Elk Peak, 37 mi out.

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

Everything nearby

All the places to visit

Here are the 18 places within 60 miles.

Black Elk Peak

Mountain · 37 mi south · 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

Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Sturgis → · Sturgis’ history →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
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 · Black Elk Peak: BHrock at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Custer State Park: Guimir, Public domain · Wind Cave National Park: USGS/USGov, Public domain · Black Hills National Forest: Vocaro at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bedrock City: Tbennert, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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

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