Top 10 Visitor Attractions in South Dakota?

[newtosd]

Yes the Rally is a whole nother world. I went to it for the first time this year is it unbelievable. My uncle even came up and he loved it. He was in Motorcycle heaven.

[BusySocialWorker]

hmmm my top ten:

1. Mt. Rushmore
2. Needles Highway and the pigtail bridges and tunnels
3. Spearfish Canyon
4. Little House on the Prairie
5. Crazy Horse
6. Reptile Gardens / Bear Country combo
7. Custer State Park wildlife loop
8. Badlands
9. Ski and snowmobile in the Black Hills
10. Sturgis rally week

Others that are cool but maybe not top ten - Storybook Park in Aberdeen, Cultural Herritage Center, Mammoth Site and Evans Plunge, Corn Palace, one of the Powwows, Wall Drug, the caves, Oahe Dam, and of course an SDSU football game

[debey]

Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge Home Page

Almost forgot about this treasure!! I wish I would have had a good camera, the last time I climbed the tower. Next time, I will!

[leroyleroux]

I've never been there, but I've heard raves about:

Preview: Sica Hollow is located about 16 miles northwest of Sisseton on the border of Marshall and Roberts Counties. One of the major draws to this relatively undeveloped park is the almost ten miles of multiple-use trails that climb through the ravines and meander along the edges of the bluffs. The mostly dirt and grassy single-track trails are shared with horseback riders, hikers, and cross-country skier...

[debey]

The annual Custer State Park Buffalo Roundup and Arts Festival has made the American Bus Association's list of the Top 100 Events of 2010.

This year's roundup, the 44th, is set for September 26-28

News, Weather and Sports for Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa

[ElkHunter]

I'm of a little different mindset.

1) Annual Spring horse sale in Mobridge.
2) Corn Palace Stampede (Jammie or Debey can verify if it still happens.)
3) The annual buffalo roundup and hunt.
4) A picknic in any city park in towns less then 2000.
5) Fishing at Lake Andease.
6) Evan's Plunge.
7) Badlands Baha in the early spring.
8) County fair in Armour.
9) Harvest time from Yankton to Watertown.
10) An unhurried tour of the Black Hills in "Off Season"

That, will give you a flavor of South Dakota.

[BusySocialWorker]

I agree Elkhunter - my REAL list of the best things to do is not my "tourist" visitor attraction list I posted... but I will not post my real list of the favorites - I don't want to spoil the really fun secret things to do