Mt Rushmore Big Family Trip Thoughts

 

Final Mt Rushmore Area Thoughts

1. If you decide to pack up the family and head to the Black Hills, Rapid City, Mount Rushmore area; we list several towns in the area that have hotels that can accommodate families of six.  Check out hotels in Wall, Custer, Rapid City, Keystone, and Hot Springs.  We stayed at the Comfort Inn & Suites in Rapid City for 3 nights and in Custer for one.

If you don’t want to hit the Badlands or Rapid City, I would recommend staying in Custer or Keystone.  Both are historic Black Hills gold towns. Given the choice, I would stay in Keystone instead of Custer.  Keystone had a touristy feel.  Families will enjoy walking through the town and visiting the shops.

If you stay in Keystone, check out the Keystone Area Historical Society. Did you know that Carrie Ingalls, sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder, lived in Keystone for 35 years and later Mary came to live with her?  Neither did I, wish I knew when we went up.

2. Don’t you like it when people know what they’re doing?  I tell you, the tourism people in South Dakota are on it.  When I posted that we were going to visit the Mount Rushmore area, Ashley from the SD Office of Tourism, commented on the blog.  And when I tweeted about our trip, both @BlackHills and @travelsd reached out to contact me.  Here, my friends, are people who know what they’re doing.  And I think you should all visit South Dakota because of it! 🙂

3. When we visited, we only stayed for 3 full days.  There is so much to do in the Rapid City, Mt Rushmore, Black Hills area,  your family could easily stay for a whole week.  Stay in Rapid City for a few nights and then move on to Keystone. There’s so much more to do than looking at stone presidential faces!