Custer State Park travel tips! Welcome to my Black Hills South Dakota road trip blog!

All things Custer State Park on the blog!

• Things to do in Custer State Park
• Easy walks in Custer State Park
• Needles Highway
  • Needles Eye tunnel (iconic tunnel!)
  • Iron Creek tunnel
• Best hikes in Custer State Park
  • Little Devils Tower trailhead
  • Cathedral Spires trailhead
  • Sunday Gulch Trail
• Best campgrounds in Custer State Park
• Camping cabins in Custer State Park
  • Blue Bell camping cabins + campground
  • Stockade Lake South camping cabins + campground
  • Game Lodge camping cabins + campground (best chance to see buffalo while camping!)
• Custer State Park lakes
  • Sylvan Lake (popular)
  • Legion Lake
  • Center Lake
• Custer State Park road trip
  • Where are you driving from?
    • Chicago to the Black Hills
    • Badlands National Park to the Black Hills
  • Near Custer State Park
    • Mount Rushmore travel tips
    • Wind Cave National Park
    • Jewel Cave National Monument
    • The Mammoth Site (national landmark)
• Where to next?!
  • Badlands National Park
  • Devils Tower National Monument
  • North Dakota (national park)
  • Custer State Park to Yellowstone National Park
  • Black Hills travel tips

 

Where to stay in Custer State Park

Custer State Park lodges:

• State Game Lodge, a Custer State Park resort
  • This served as the “summer White House” for a US president! (President Coolidge in 1927)
• Sylvan Lake Lodge, a Custer State Park resort
  • Sylvan Lake is the most popular lake in the park

 

More places to stay in Custer SD

• Standard hotel: Holiday Inn Express
• Cheaper standard hotel: Best Western Buffalo Ridge Inn 
• Cute and unique accommodation on a budget: Chalet Motel

 

 

😴 Do a search for hotel deals near Custer State Park! The gateway town is Custer SD. The big city nearby is Rapid City SD.
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HAPPY VISITING CUSTER STATE PARK!

 

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