Thinking of taking the girls to see Mount Rushmore. Is it worth the 6hr drive and are there any other activities other than the viewing of the cool rock?

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I'll be there later this summer. There's a ton of stuff to do in the badlands and Rapid City area. I believe there's a water park in Rapid City, also lots of hiking available in that area. Reptile Gardens is on the way to Mount Rushmore (I think). There's plenty to do depending on your tastes.

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Mount Rushmore Caverns is very cool, don't miss it.
I think most kids would love the under ground adventure. I know I did as an adult.

If you get the chance, stay for the night lighting of the monument. That is really something to see when they crank on 6 bazillion watts of lights and it hits those faces.

At Keystone you can ride a tramway up to a lookout place and see a side view of the faces, but watch out for the plastic deer and squirrels. Tacky, but fun. Hit Wall Drug in Wall SD, and listen for the talking billboards, and take into account the magnificent trees that embrace the landscape.....AKA telephone poles. LOL!

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That's something i've wanted to see since i was a little kid.
It's on my "bucket list".
I hope i get to see it someday.

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Alan, me too. I think I'm a little closer to it now than when I was in Green Bay and with the vacation time available, figured might as well use it for something fun with the girls. I'm thinking we'll head out April 15th, get a hotel, then spend most of Saturday looking for things of fun to do. Maybe even try to catch a looksie of the monument before hitting the hotel Friday.

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Zero, if you wanted to take a walk into some history, you could go check out the Wounded Knee Memorial, but that would eat up a little more time, cause you'd have to drive out to Pine Ridge. Deadwood has that old west feel to it, and you could check out some museums and stuff like that.

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I remember being there as a kid. We went to see the Crazy Horse Memorial before we saw Mt. Rushmore. Compared to Crazy Horse Rushmore looked like a dinky little thing.



It was also PACKED at Mt. Rushmore so we just got our look at it and left. What's also cool about Crazy Horse is that it's not finished yet. So you get to look at the progress and see what they have planned for the future. They might also do a blast there live if you're lucky. The badlands were cool but I remember as a kid I got bored pretty quickly.

Kevin......someday, hopefully soon, i will get to see it myself.
I don't know why it's so important to me. Must have been when i saw pics of it when i was in school. I thought it was pretty cool.
HAVE FUN!!!

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Hop on a plane and fly to Denver, I'll pick you up and you can come with. 🙂

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