You visit Mount Rushmore, one of our nation's national treasures, and Custer State Park, one of our nation's largest and most diverse state parks. This is the perfect tour for families looking to combine sightseeing with a history of the area. You'll be provided with the history of the Black Hills in the context of the western expansion across North America. Custer State Park is home to an abundance of wildlife and a free roaming 1,500 herd of bison. You'll also be provided with the historical background for how the faces of four important founding fathers came to be carved on Mount Rushmore.
Points forts
8 heures
Proposé en Anglais
Annulation gratuite
Billet mobile
8 heures
Proposé en Anglais
Annulation gratuite
Billet mobile
Ce qui est inclus
Binoculars for viewing buffalo
Rain Umbrella's
Tous les frais et taxes
Eau en bouteille et collations légères.
Lunch is on your own. We stop at the Legion Lake diner at 12:00 noon for lunch.
Pourboire
Points de rendez-vous
Départ
Heartland RV Resort & Cabins
The Heartland RV Park & Cabins is located 1.8 miles south of Hermosa on SD-79 S. We pick up in front of the office to the RV Park at 9:25 am to 9:30 am, departing at 9:30 am.
Retour
Informations importantes
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Les nourrissons doivent s’asseoir sur les genoux d’un adulte
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Des options de transport en commun sont disponibles à proximité
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Les nourrissons et les jeunes enfants peuvent voyager dans une poussette ou un landau
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Adapté à tous les niveaux de condition physique
Politique d'annulation
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Pour un remboursement complet, vous devez annuler au moins 24 heures avant l'heure de début de l'expérience.
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Si vous annulez moins de 24 heures avant l'heure de début de l'expérience, le montant que vous avez payé ne sera pas remboursé.
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You visit Mount Rushmore, one of our nation's national treasures, and Custer State Park, one of our nation's largest and most diverse state parks. This is the perfect tour for families looking to combine sightseeing with a history of the area. You'll be provided with the history of the Black Hills in the context of the western expansion across North America. Custer State Park is home to an abundance of wildlife and a free roaming 1,500 herd of bison. You'll also be provided with the historical background for how the faces of four important founding fathers came to be carved on Mount Rushmore.
Points forts
8 heures
Proposé en Anglais
Annulation gratuite
Billet mobile
8 heures
Proposé en Anglais
Annulation gratuite
Billet mobile
Ce qui est inclus
Binoculars for viewing buffalo
Rain Umbrella's
Tous les frais et taxes
Eau en bouteille et collations légères.
Lunch is on your own. We stop at the Legion Lake diner at 12:00 noon for lunch.
Pourboire
Points de rendez-vous
Départ
Heartland RV Resort & Cabins
The Heartland RV Park & Cabins is located 1.8 miles south of Hermosa on SD-79 S. We pick up in front of the office to the RV Park at 9:25 am to 9:30 am, departing at 9:30 am.
Retour
Itinéraire
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Forêt nationale des Black Hills
The entire day trip is within the Black Hills National Forest that covers an area 125 miles long and 65 miles wide, a 1.25-million-acre forest! You spend about 2 hours driving time that is interspersed between the sites you visit as outlined below. Along the way, you take in the beauty of the Black Hills that encompasses rugged rock formations, canyons, gulches, open grassland, and mountain lakes, including learning about the rich history of the area, including Custer's expedition to the area in 1874.
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Custer State Park Visitor Center
You will stop here for a short break to stretch the legs, watch a film on the history of Custer State Park, then head out to find the buffalo and other wildlife on the Wildlife Loop Road.
1 heure
3
Parc d'État de Custer
Prochain arrêt : le parc d'État de Custer, un parc d'État et refuge faunique de 28 000 hectares. Le parc abrite un troupeau de 1 500 bisons et une faune variée qui évoluent en liberté sur un terrain varié, allant des prairies vallonnées aux montagnes escarpées.
2 heures
4
Heddy Draw Overlook
This is an overlook of one of the more beautiful overlooks in Custer State Park. The Mount Coolidge Fire Lookout Tower built by the Civilian Conservation Corp's in the late 1930's is in view.
10 minutes
5
Legion Lake
You stop for about an hour at the Legion Lake Restaurant for lunch. There is a sit down restaurant, a snack bar, and a coffee shop to choose from. Eat inside or enjoy a short stroll around the lake.
1 heure
6
Iron Mountain Road
You drive the Iron Mountain Road, one of the most scenic and beautiful drives in the Black Hills! It winds through the countryside, traversing through three tunnels, navigating up and down switch-backs and pig-tail-bridges with views of Mount Rushmore along the way. The summit, also called the Peter Norbeck Scenic Overlook, provides a wonderful view of Mount Rushmore about a mile away. A breathtaking view! You can also see Black Elk Peak, the highest point in South Dakota at 7,200 feet above sea level. It is also the highest peak east of the Rockies.
15 minutes
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Mount Rushmore National Memorial
The last stop is Mount Rushmore National Memorial where the rich history of the United States is told through the lives of presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham enshrined on Mount Rushmore. Through their lives we learn about the birth, growth, development and preservation of this country. The memorial is surrounded by the beauty of the Black Hills.
1 heure et 15 minutes
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Clé de voûte
You drive through this little historic mining town before heading back to the pickup locations at the Heartland RV & Campground and Rapid City.
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Rapid City
The tour ends back in Rapid City at your pickup locations.
