If you are heading to Mt. Rushmore you probably don’t realize how many fun things are in the same general area of SD. You can use these 11 awesome things to do near Mt. Rushmore to help plan your trip…
10 Best Things to Do at Badlands National Park
Badlands National Park might be one of the coolest, strangest, most underrated places in the entire country. The name says it all, for hundreds of years the Oglala Lakota called this harsh, otherworldly landscape mako sica, “bad land,” and the French fur trappers who came through agreed, dubbing it les mauvaises terres à traverser, “bad lands to traverse.” Standing out there, you get it instantly: no water, no shade, nothing but jagged spires for miles.
Visiting Mount Rushmore in 2026: An Honest Guide
Is Mount Rushmore worth the trip? Is it a National Treasure and should you visit? Find out here…
South Dakota Bucket List
South Dakota really surprised me! There is so much to see and do, find out more here…
Is Badlands National Park Dog Friendly? (2026 Guide)
Let’s be honest: most national parks aren’t winning any awards for being dog-friendly. And there’s good reason for that; these places are home to wild animals that can seriously hurt your pup, and your pup can do real damage to the fragile habitat right back. So in most parks, the rule is simple: no dogs on trails, no dogs in the backcountry…
One Day in Badlands National Park: The Perfect Itinerary
Badlands National Park is otherworldly. I don’t use that word lightly (okay, I use it occasionally), but there is genuinely nowhere else like it, a sea of striped spires and jagged canyons that looks less like Earth and more like a planet that hasn’t been named yet. It’s also wildly underrated, which is part of its magic..
