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Great Faces & Great Places

South Dakota State Attractions . Great Faces & Great Places. Things To Do & Places To See. Mount Rushmore.

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Great Faces & Great Places

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  1. South Dakota State Attractions Great Faces & Great Places

  2. Things To Do & Places To See

  3. Mount Rushmore • This epic sculpture features the faces of four exalted American presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. South Dakota's Black Hills provide the backdrop for Mount Rushmore, the world's greatest mountain carving. These 60-foot high faces, 500 feet up, look out over a setting of pine, spruce, birch, and aspen in the clear western air.

  4. Corn Palace • Established in 1892, the World's Only Corn Palace in Mitchell was conceived to showcase the area harvest and prove the fertility of the South Dakota prairie.

  5. Crazy Horse • Fifty-five years after Ziolkowski began carving Crazy Horse Memorial, his family continues the dream and work progresses on the world's largest mountain sculpture. When finished, Crazy Horse will stand 641 feet long and 563 feet high.

  6. Custer State Park • Few truly wild places remain in this country. Custer State Park is one of them. Located in the Black Hills of South Dakota, the park is home to a variety of wildlife and magnificent scenery spanning 71,000 acres.

  7. Jewel Cave National Park • Jewel Cave National Monument is the second-longest cave in the world. More than 135 miles of passages have been surveyed. Calcite crystals that glitter when illuminated give the cave its name. The cave's most common crystals are dogtooth and nail-head spar. The cave is located about 13 miles west of Custer. Follow the link for hours of operation and cave tour schedule.

  8. Black Hills National Forest • Sky-piercing granite peaks and forested mountains dominate the skyline of western South Dakota. America's oldest mountains rose above the surrounding flatlands 60 million years ago, about the time the dinosaurs disappeared, and even after eons of erosion their granite peaks still soar as high as 7,242 feet to the dizzying heights of Harney Peak. The Lakota Sioux named the area Paha Sapa or Black Hills because a thick forest of pine and spruce trees cover the slopes making them appear black from a distance.

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