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  2. Black Hills - Wikipedia

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    The Black Hills is an isolated mountain range rising from the Great Plains of North America in western South Dakota and extending into Wyoming, United States. [3] Black Elk Peak, which rises to 7,242 feet (2,207 m), is the range's highest summit. [4]

  3. Geography of South Dakota - Wikipedia

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    Rapid City's economy is largely based on tourism and defense spending, due to the close proximity of tourist attractions in the Black Hills and Ellsworth Air Force Base. The next eight largest cities in the state, in order of descending 2007 population, are Aberdeen (24,410), Watertown (20,530), Brookings (19,463), Mitchell (14,832), Pierre ...

  4. Minuteman Missile National Historic Site - Wikipedia

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    This national historic site consists of three facilities: a visitor center and two significant Cold War-era sites; a launch control center; and a missile silo/launch facility, formerly operated by the 66th Strategic Missile Squadron of the 44th Strategic Missile Wing, headquartered at Ellsworth Air Force Base in Box Elder, near Rapid City.

  5. Mount Rushmore - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 10 February 2025. Mountain in South Dakota with sculptures of four U.S. presidents For the band, see Mount Rushmore (band). Mount Rushmore National Memorial Shrine of Democracy Tȟuŋkášila Šákpe Mount Rushmore features Gutzon Borglum's sculpted heads of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore ...

  6. Custer State Park - Wikipedia

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    The center is named for South Dakota Governor and Senator Peter Norbeck. Many of the park's naturalist programs begin at the center. Badger Hole, also known as Badger Clark Historical Site, was the home of Charles Badger Clark (1883–1957), who was named South Dakota's first Poet Laureate in 1937 [8] and was noted for his cowboy poetry. The ...

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  8. Sylvan Lake (South Dakota) - Wikipedia

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    Sylvan Lake is a lake located in Custer State Park, in the Black Hills of South Dakota, United States. It was created in 1891 when Theodore Reder built a dam (the Sylvan Lake Water Dam) across Sunday Gulch Creek. [1] The lake area offers picnic places, rock climbing, small rental boats, swimming, and hiking trails.

  9. The Journey Museum and Learning Center - Wikipedia

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    The Journey Museum and Learning Center is a museum in Rapid City, South Dakota, United States with 7 acres (28,000 m 2) of gardens.It is set up as a journey through the history of the Black Hills, starting with the Native American creation stories, moving into the 2.5 billion years of history in the rock record with the geology exhibit, paleontology, archaeology, Native American inhabitants ...