2025 OPENING DATES CALENDAR SEASONAL 1880 Town - South Dakota’s Original, I-90 Exit 170 Weather permitting, call for hours in May
605-344-2236
May 1
Oglala Lakota Living History Village, I-90 Exit 131 Call for hours
605-455-2685
May
1880 Train - Black Hills Central Railroad, Hill City
605-574-2222
May 10
Old MacDonald’s Farm, 9 mi S of Rapid City
605-737-4815
May 1
Original Deadwood Tour, Deadwood
605-578-2091
1881 Courthouse Museum, Custer Closed Sun
605-673-2443
May 12
May 16
Bear Country USA, 8 mi S of Rapid City Weather permitting
605-343-2290
April 25
Paleo Adventures, Region-wide
605-210-1275
June 3
Bicycles & Boats, Hill City
605-574-5695
June 1
Pioneer Auto Show & Prairie Town, Murdo Open in spring, weather permitting
605-669-2691
March 1
Big Thunder Gold Mine, Keystone
Open Thurs - Sun in Mar, beginning second weekend
605-666-4847
April 1
Prairie Homestead Historic Site, I-90 Exit 131
605-433-5400
Mid-May
Rabbit Bicycle Rentals and Shuttle, Hill City
605-574-4302
Black Hills Balloons, Custer By appointment Nov-Apr
605-673-2520
May 1
April 1
Black Hills Caverns, 4 mi W of Rapid City Call for hours in May
605-343-0542
May 3
Reptile Gardens, 6 mi S of Rapid City
605-342-5873
March 1
Black Hills Helicopters, Keystone By appointment Nov-Apr
605-255-4354
May 1
Rush Mountain Adventure Park, 5 mi E of Keystone
605-255-4384
May 15
Black Hills Mining Museum, Lead
605-584-1605
May 16
Rushmore Borglum Story, Keystone
Black Hills Outdoor Fun, Rapid City Weather permitting
605-574-2430
May 14
605-666-4448
May
Black Hills Playhouse, Custer State Park
605-255-4141
May 31
Rushmore Cave, 5 mi E Keystone
605-255-4384
May 15
Black Hills Tour Company, Region-wide
605-389-2092
April 1
Rushmore Tramway Adventures, Keystone
Blue Bell Chuckwagon Cookout, Custer State Park
605-255-4531
May 7
605-666-4478
May 4
Blue Bell Stables, Custer State Park
605-255-4700
May 7
South Dakota Air & Space Museum
Air Park open year-round, call for museum hours
605-385-5189
April 2
Broken Boot Gold Mine, Deadwood
605-578-9997
May 24
South Dakota State Railroad Museum, Hill City
605-574-9000
May 10
Buffalo Hunt, 5 mi S of Rapid City Call for hours in May
605-343-3113
May 11
Chapel in the Hills, Rapid City
605-342-8281
May 1
Spokane Creek Fishing Pond at Spokane Creek Campground, 7 mi S of Keystone
605-666-4609
May 16
Cosmos Mystery Area, 17 mi S of Rapid City
April 18
Storybook Island, Rapid City
605-342-6357
May 24
Open weekends only in Apr, weather permitting
605-343-9802
Sturgis Car Museum, Sturgis
Custer State Park Resorts Water Sports Rentals, Sylvan Lake & Legion Lake Weather permitting
605-574-2561 or 605-255-4521
Weather permitting
605-720-6399
Memorial Day
Sweet Greens Mini Golf, 7 mi NE of Hill City
605-574-2824
March 28
Sylvan Rocks Climbing School & Guide Service, Custer Weather permitting
605-484-7585
May 2
April 28
Weekends only Mar-Apr, May 1-14 Thurs-Sun, weather permitting Hours vary in May, weather permitting
Weekends only Mar-Apr, May 1-14 Thurs-Sun Weekends only May 1-17, weather permitting
Custer State Park, Wildlife Station Visitor Center, 22 mi SE of Custer
605-394-2693
May 16
Dinosaurs of the Hell Creek Museum, Belle Fourche
605-210-1275
May 1
Tatanka: Story of the Bison, Deadwood
605-584-5678
March 10
Fish ‘N Fry Trout Pond, 5 mi S of Deadwood
605-578-2150
May 12
Terry Peak Ski Area, 5 mi SW of Lead
605-584-2165
Fort Hays Old West Town & Dinner Show, 5 mi S of Rapid City
605-394-9653
May 18
Weather Depending
Four Mile Old West Town, 4 mi W of Custer
605-673-3905
May 15
The Petrified Forest, Piedmont Weather permitting
605-787-4884
May 1
Historic Adams House, Deadwood
605-578-3724
April 1
Trail Rides at High Country Guest Ranch, 4 mi NW of Hill City Weather permitting
605-574-9003
Memorial Weekend
Holy Terror Mini Golf, Keystone
605-666-5170
May 15
Trails, Trains & Pioneers Museum, Edgemont
605-622-5858
Memorial Day
Hurley Butte Horseback, 8 mi W of Interior
605-450-1683
May 12
Trial of Jack McCall, Deadwood
Keystone Historical Museum, Keystone
605-666-4494
May
Spring season Mar 21-May 17
605-578-1876
May 18
Mount Rushmore Evening Lighting Ceremony, 3 mi SW of Keystone
605-574-2523
May 23
Vore Buffalo Jump National Historic Site, 15 mi NE of Sundance, WY
307-266-9530
June 1
National Presidential Wax Museum, Keystone
605-666-4455
March 7
Welcome Centers on I-90 & I-29, Wilmot, Valley Springs, Chamberlain, Vermillion and Spearfish
800-952-3625
May 19
Oglala Lakota College Historical Center, Kyle
605-455-6000
June
Wonderland Cave, 7 mi N of Nemo
605-578-1728
May 1
OPEN YEAR-ROUND Adams Museum, Deadwood
605-578-1714
605-394-2693
Mount Rushmore Self-Guided Tours, Mount Rushmore
605-791-6068
Affordable Adventure Tours, Region-wide
Custer State Park Visitor Center, 14 mi E of Custer
605-342-7691
D & K ATV Rentals, Nemo
605-578-1354
Mount Rushmore Tours, Region-wide
605-343-3113
Angostura Recreation Area, 10 mi SE of Hot Springs
605-745-6996
Dahl's Chainsaw Art, Rapid City
605-290-1840
Museum at Black Hills Institute, Hill City
605-574-4289
Badlands Distillery Tasting Room, Kadoka
605-837-3000
605-574-2760
Museum of Geology, Rapid City
605-394-2467
Badlands National Park, Ben Reifel Visitor Center, I-90 Exit 131
Dakota Stone Rock Shop Gemstone & Mineral Panning, 3 mi NE of Hill City
605-433-5361
National Grasslands Visitor Center, Wall
Days of ‘76 Museum, Deadwood
605-587-1657
605-279-2125
Belle Joli Winery Sparkling House Tasting Room, Sturgis
605-347-9463
DC Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery
Outlaw Square, Deadwood
605-717-6848
Black Hills Above and Beyond Tours, Region-wide
Prairie Edge Trading Co. & Galleries, Rapid City
605-342-3086
605-641-8687
307-467-5283
Putz-N-Glo Miniature Golf, 9 mi S of Rapid City
605-716-1230
Black Hills Adventure Tours & Vacation Planning, Region-wide
605-209-7817
Devils Tower National Monument, Devils Tower, WY Dinosaur Park, Rapid City
605-343-8687
Rocky Point Recreation Area, 8 mi E of Belle Fourche
605-641-0023
Black Hills Bronco Adventures, Region-wide
605-585-4344
Evans Plunge Mineral Springs, Hot Springs
605-745-5165
Sanford Lab Homestake Visitor Center, Lead
605-584-3110
Black Hills Discovery Tours, Region-wide
605-431-1200
Flags & Wheels Indoor Racing, Rapid City
605-341-2186
605-745-6996
Black Hills Escape Rooms, Rapid City
605-731-8050
Sheps Canyon Recreation Area, 6 mi S of Hot Springs
GeoFunTrek Tours, Region-wide
605-430-1531
Spearfish Rec & Aquatics Center, Spearfish
605-722-1430
Black Hills Glass Blowers, Keystone
605-666-4542
Black Hills Power Bikes Rentals & Boutique, Custer
George S. Mickelson Trail, Region-wide
605-584-3896
Sprockets Fun Foundry, Keystone
605-666-4242
605-673-2405
Hidden Hills Backroad Tours, Region-wide
605-580-1606
605-347-2001
Black Hills Visitor Information Center, I-90 Exit 61, Rapid City
605-355-3700
High Plains Western Heritage Center, Spearfish
Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame, Sturgis
605-642-9378
Sundance White Ranch Park, Sundance, WY
307-290-2544
Black Hills Wilderness Edge Adventures, Keystone Weather permitting
605-391-6551
Hulett Museum & Art Gallery, Hulett, WY
307-467-5292
Termesphere Gallery & Museum, Spearfish
605-642-4805
The Brothel Deadwood, Deadwood
605-559-0231
Jewel Cave National Monument, 13 mi W of Custer
605-673-8300
The Journey Museum, Rapid City
605-394-6923
Boulder Canyon Golf Club at Apple Springs, Sturgis
605-347-5108
Mahˇpíya Lúta - The Heritage Center, Pine Ridge
605-867-8257
The LOCAL Taproom, Rapid City
605-777-0036
Buffalo Safari Jeep Tours, Custer State Park
605-255-4541
Main Street Classic Car Museum, Rapid City
605-391-4066
Tri-State Museum & Visitor Center, Belle Fourche Call for hours in Apr
605-723-1200
Center of the Nation Monument, Belle Fourche
605-892-2676
Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, Hot Springs
605-745-6017
Wall Drug Store, Wall
605-279-2175
Crazy Horse Memorial®, 4 mi N of Custer
605-673-4681
605-433-5552
Watiki® Indoor Waterpark Resort, Rapid City
605-718-2445
Crook County Museum & Art Gallery, Sundance, WY
Minuteman Missile National Historic Site Visitor Center, I-90 Exit 131, Closed Sun & Mon
307-283-3666
Mount Rushmore Black Hills Gold Factory Outlet Tours, Rapid City
West Texas Trail Museum, Moorcroft, WY
307-756-9300
605-343-7099
Western Horizons Hot Air Balloons, Hot Springs
605-413-7106
Custer State Park Bison Center, Wildlife Loop Custer State Park
605-394-2693
Mount Rushmore National Memorial, 3 mi SW of Keystone
605-574-2523
Wind Cave National Park, 7 mi N of Hot Springs
605-745-4600
Weather permitting
By appointment in Apr
Archives, Spearfish gift shop & historic venues open May 11-Sept 30
Tue-Sat in Apr
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605-642-7730
Closed in Dec
DATES ACCURATE AS OF MARCH 15, 2025