Black Hills and Badlands

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Planning Tips

  1. To see everything this area has to offer, you need several days.

  2. To be most central, I recommend staying at Custer State Park. There are 9 campgrounds with and without amenities.

  3. Alternately, you might consider staying in more than one campground during an extended stay.

  4. Rapid City is the largest town and offers the most options for both entertainment and services.

  5. Custer also offers a range of family-friendly activities as well as groceries, fuel and laundromats.

Highlights

Custer is the largest state park in the United States and adjoins Black Hills National Forest, Custer State Forest and Wind Cave National Park making it part of a much larger undeveloped tract. The park is home to one of the largest Bison herds along with variety other large mammals…

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Custer State Park Average Temperature and Rainfall