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Home in Spearfish
4.95 out of 5 average rating, 330 reviewsPrivate Farmhouse Studio
Home in Lead
4.97 out of 5 average rating, 158 reviewsSpearfish Canyon Retreat (Valhalla)
Home in Wall
4.91 out of 5 average rating, 203 reviewsCozy Warm Stay. Near Badlands NP. Pets Welcome!
Home in Lead
4.86 out of 5 average rating, 176 reviewsReato House--Cozy comfort away from home, HOT TUB!
Home in Salem
4.93 out of 5 average rating, 396 reviewsThe Cottage in Salem
Home in Sioux Falls
4.99 out of 5 average rating, 128 reviewsOutdoor Fireplace+POND on 8 Private Acres
Home in Lead
4.91 out of 5 average rating, 151 reviewsThe Hills Hide-a-While ~ Minutes from Deadwood
Home in Sioux Falls
4.97 out of 5 average rating, 313 reviewsInspiration Ranch-HOT TUB/lower unit/SUPER CLEAN!!
Other great vacation rentals in South Dakota
Loft in Lead
4.98 out of 5 average rating, 552 reviewsHarley Court Loft
Cabin in Spearfish
4.97 out of 5 average rating, 331 reviewsSecluded Cabin - Coyote Ridge Lodge
Cottage in Wasta
4.9 out of 5 average rating, 440 reviewsThe Rock and Block house
Cabin in Hill City
4.9 out of 5 average rating, 234 reviewsHideaway Cabin near Rochford
Guest suite in Rapid City
4.97 out of 5 average rating, 364 reviewsQuiet private suite with garage bay & kitchenette
Guesthouse in Kadoka
4.86 out of 5 average rating, 250 reviewsCozy Cottage
Guest suite in Hayti
4.97 out of 5 average rating, 137 reviewsSalt and Light Retreat~ Overnight Stays - rural SD
Tiny home in Custer
4.99 out of 5 average rating, 126 reviewsModern A-Frame Cabin Next to Custer State Park
Your guide to South Dakota
Welcome to South Dakota
The landscape shocks and awes in Mount Rushmore State, nicknamed for one of the country’s most iconic monuments. Bighorn sheep inch among brightly banded rock pinnacles in Badlands National Park. Some 70 miles west sprawls Custer State Park, offering twisty drives, cool mountain lakes, and some of the best wildlife viewing on the continent. Long to experience the prairie? Turn to Wind Cave National Park, one of America’s oldest preserves. Bison and elk roam the ancient grasslands blanketing one of the most complex cavern systems in the world.
The best time to stay in a vacation rental in South Dakota
Heat-seekers should aim to book one of the state’s cabins during summer, when daytime highs reach 80 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit, with night temperatures dropping abruptly to the 50s and 60s. Fall gets chillier before the severely cold winter conditions set in. Think substantial snow and average lows of 10 degrees Fahrenheit. Brrr! For shoulder-season deals and sparser crowds, opt for fall over spring, which serves up more thunderstorms. However, February does bring the quirky Nemo 500 Outhouse Race, where fundraising contestants rally in human-powered shacks with at least one seat hole.
Late June kicks off with the FinnFest in Frederick, celebrating Nordic traditions including a wife-carrying championship in which the prize is the rider’s weight in beer! Also notable: the Fourth of July celebrations at patriotic Mount Rushmore, the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in August, and September’s Buffalo Roundup (part of the state park’s herd management). For Indigenous history and culture, there’s October’s three-day He Sapa Wacipi Na Oskate (Black Hills Pow Wow), which includes grass dancing.
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Badlands National Park
Around 75 million years ago, a shallow inland sea covered what is now Badlands National Park. After this salty basin drained into the Arctic Ocean, erosion helped sculpt the terrain into an otherworldly riot of pinnacles, buttes, and gorges. One of the world’s richest fossil beds remains, capturing traces of the ancient horses, rhinos, and catlike animals with saber teeth who once roamed the grasslands. Today visitors are more likely to spot bison, bighorn sheep, and black-footed ferrets. If you need a little extra animal excitement, stop just outside the park. A 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog looms there, near an enclosure with a colony of its live cousins.
Skeleton Man Walking Skeleton Dinosaur
The family behind 1880 Town inexplicably built this landmark nearby. A human figure leads his bony T-Rex buddy on a leash: a sight best viewed (carefully) from the roadside. Stretch your legs in earnest 16 miles east at Okaton, a prairie ghost town originally settled by railroad workers. Today you’ll see ramshackle houses, rickety fences, and rusting farm equipment, alongside traces of a failed attempt to monetize the haunting, picturesque spot.
Wall Drug
Eight miles north of Badlands National Park stands a humble 1931 pharmacy that transformed modern tourism. The Hustead family erected signs offering free ice water to drivers on Route 16. Soon their kitschy hand-painted billboards marched across the prairie and even further afield, cropping up in London, Morocco, and even Easter Island. Stop in to see the jackalopes and giant dinosaurs.
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