Custer State Park
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"Beautiful park, convenient location"
This park is one of the most beautiful places I have been in the US. It is full of hiking, driving, camping and water adventures for any family with an outdoor bug. TONS of animals roam the park including burros who come up to your car begging for food and over 1300 bison!
In addition to being an awesome park, it is conveniently located right by Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse, the Mammoth Dig site, numerous caves and the famous town of Deadwood.
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"Loved the park!"
We are a family of animal lovers, and Custer State park is full of wildlife! We loved stopping to watch the huge herds of buffalo cross the roads, and saw many antelope, prairie dogs, and other animals. Our favorite were the "wild" burros that practically stopped our car looking for handouts. They enjoyed a snack of cereal we happened to have in the car. The park is beautiful, and made for great memories!
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"EXCITING ANIMALS TO FIND"
MY MOM, KIDS AND I TRAVELED TO SOUTH DAKOTA LAST
YEAR AND HAD A BLAST. ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE TRIP WAS SOMEONE MENTIONING THAT CUSTARD'S STATE PARK HAD A LOT OF WILDLIFE AND DID THEY EVER. WE SAW DEER, TURKEYS,ELK, PRONGHORN, BURROS, BUFFALO, PRAIRIE DOGS AND MUCH MORE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE UNABLE TO SEE MANY OF THEM IN THE SOUTH. WE GOT A CHARGE WATCHING A PRAIRIE DOG ENJOYING HIS FOOD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. IT WAS FUN TO WATCH AND LET BURROS EAT FROM YOUR HAND. WE ENJOYED VIEWING A BUFFALO SCRATCHING HIS BACK ON A TELEPHONE POLE. IT WAS FUNNY. OUR MOST EXCITING PART WAS WHEN WE WERE DRIVING TOWARD THE EXIT AND CAME IN THE MIDDLE OF A HERD WALKING ALONGSIDE THE ROAD. IT WAS GREAT AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE WERE IN THE CENTER OF A MASSIVE HERD . THE KIDS WERE IN AWE. THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK. THEY WERE TAKING PICTURES AND HAVING THE BEST TIME OF THEIR LIVES. A MUST SEE PLACE FOR THE FAMILY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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"Unexpected happiness"
On our way to Mount Rushmore we happened to come across Custer State Park. What a gift. We saw herds of buffalo roaming the restored plains. The were beautiful (our college mascot is a buffalo - how appropriate). We even saw one wandering by itself. We assumed it was a young male. A must see!
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"Custer State Park was our favorite part!"
This past summer we took a family vacation to the Rapid City area. Our very favorite part of the whole thing was going to Custer State Park. The drive through was a little long with small children, but in the end it was really worth it. Admission was cheap ($15) and good for an entire week. And at one point along the way there was an entire herd of tame donkeys just wandering around. Lots of people had stopped and were petting and feeding them and taking photos so we did as well, and the kids LOVED it. The donkeys were really gentle with them and it was a lot of fun! (We saw quite a few buffalo too... but didn't get out of the car for that... haha)
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"Camping and hiking"
We were able to drive all over South Dakota on our vacation, and Custer State park was one of the beautiful areas that we stopped and hiked during our vacation. We also listened to the Elk bugling in the evening, spotted wild turkeys during the day, and watched the buffalo from the safety of our car! This is where we plan to camp on our next trip to SD, as we scouted out several very nice campgrounds within the state park borders.
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