Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Mountain in South Dakota featuring a sculpture of four US presidents.
Attractions near Wasta
The nearest draw to Wasta: Badlands National Park, 10 mi away
Yearly visitors to Badlands National Park number about 1.1M. No place to visit is mapped inside Wasta; 6 are within 40 miles. There are 2 museums, a national park and a national historic site to choose from. A day out reaches Mount Rushmore National Memorial, 50 mi away.
Attractions nearby
13
within 60 miles
The big one
50 mi
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
National park units
4
parks & monuments
Big draws
2
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
National Memorial · 50 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 they are
Head to the west for most of the 6 on the list.
Orange: Wasta. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything nearby
The complete list
Look within 60 miles for all 13.
2Badlands National Park
National park in South Dakota, United States.
3Black 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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5Wind Cave National Park
National park in South Dakota, USA.
6Minuteman Missile National Historic Site
National historic Site of the United States in South Dakota.
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10South Dakota Air and Space Museum
Aviation museum in South Dakota, United States.
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12The Journey Museum and Gardens
Archive organization in Rapid City, United States.
13Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
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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
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