Located in southwestern South Dakota, Badlands National Park consists of 244, 000 acres of sharply eroded buttes, pinnacles and spires blended with the largest, protected mixed grass prairie in the United States.
One of the world's longest and most complex caves and 28, 295 acres of mixed-grass prairie, ponderosa pine forest, and associated wildlife are the main features of the park.
Belle Fourche Dam and reservoir are features of the Belle Fourche Project. The reservoir is located on Owl Creek, about 8 miles east of Belle Fourche, South Dakota.
The Shadehill Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, consists of Shadehill Dam and Reservoir on the Grand River in the northwestern part of South Dakota, immediately downstream from the confluence of the North Fork and the South Fork of the Grand
The Angostura Dam and Reservoir are located at the southeast edge of the Black Hills on the Cheyenne River in southwestern South Dakota near the Nebraska border.
Deerfield Dam and Reservoir, Rapid Valley Project, are twenty-five miles west of Rapid City, South Dakota on Castle Creek. Reservoir contains 400 surface acres and has 16 miles of shoreline.
The Rapid Valley Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program consists of Pactola Dam and Reservoir located on Rapid Creek about 15 miles west of Rapid City, South Dakota.
The Fort Meade Recreation Area is composed of approximately 6, 700 acres of forest and grasslands. The area is managed to protect, preserve, and enhance its cultural, historic, recreational, and wildlife values.
The highlights of this byway include the spectacular Black Hills and Mount Rushmore. The rugged terrain, massive granite outcroppings, and diversity of the landscape are traversed by and through pigtail bridges and narrow tunnels.
The history of the Sioux and other indigenous peoples unfolds along this byway through cultural, historical, and archeological sites in the heart of the Sioux nation.
One of six large lakes on the Missouri River. Area contains numerous village sites of early Indian culture. Recreation opportunities include camping, swimming, boating, fishing, and hunting outside of recreation areas.
Situated on the Missouri River with numerous tributary streams and their embayments which afford protected boating and fishing sites.
This Missouri River lake provides a tree-covered shoreline characterized by picturesque chalky bluffs in the lower segment and a beautiful view of the Missouri Valley in the upper reach.
Oahe Dam, SD takes its name from the Oahe Indian Mission established among the Lakota Sioux Indians in 1874.
Cottonwood Springs Dam, SD was constructed to reduce flood damages in the Fall River Basin. Located just 5 miles west of Hot Springs on U.S.
On the south fringe of the Black Hills. Visit nearby Mt. Rushmore, Custer State Park, and Wind Cave National Park.
The name "Black Hills" comes from the Lakota words Paha Sapa, which mean "hills that are black". Seen from a distance, these pine-covered hills, rising several thousand feet above the surrounding prairie, appear black.