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Attractions near Wasta Township

Worth the trip from Wasta Township: Badlands National Park, 9 mi off

Badlands National Park sees about 1.1M visitors a year. Nothing on our list is inside Wasta Township; the 3 places to visit are within 40 miles. There are a national park, a national historic site and a museum to choose from. The best-known trip out is to Mount Rushmore National Memorial, 52 mi away.

Attractions nearby
13
within 60 miles
The big one
52 mi
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
National park units
4
parks & monuments
Big draws
2
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
National Memorial · 52 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

Where each one is

Furthest from the centre is South Dakota Air and Space Museum, 33 mi away.

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

Everything nearby

Full list of places

All of it lies within 60 miles: 13 places.

Black Elk Peak

Mountain · 57 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

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

Parks and trails in Wasta Township → · Wasta Township’s 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 · 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 · Minuteman Missile National Historic Site: Spencer, 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

Know a spot visitors miss?Locals know the overlook without the crowds and the diner the tour buses skip.
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