• Regions
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• Understand
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• Get in
• Get around
• See
• Do
• Eat
• Drink
• Stay safe
• Get out

South Dakota [1] is an American state in the Midwest region on the Great Plains.

Mount Rushmore

[edit] Regions

• Southeast -- Most populous, includes South Dakota's largest city (Sioux Falls) and the junction of Interstate Highways 90 and 29.
• Glacial Lakes -- Northeast corner, largely agricultural landscape, home to numerous lakes and the Coteau des Prairies.
• Great Lakes -- Central area bordering the Missouri river
• Badlands and Black Hills -- Western quarter of the state

[edit] Cities

• Aberdeen -- Third largest city, located in the northeast corner of the state. Home to Northern State University
• Brookings -- Home to South Dakota State University
• Deadwood -- A national historic landmark located in the Black Hills
• Custer -- Oldest City in the Black Hills
• Sioux Falls -- Largest city in the state, named after the falls of the Big Sioux River.
• Mitchell -- Home of the World's Only Corn Palace, with new murals covering the outside every year since 1892. Home of the Mitchell Prehistoric Indian Village.
• Pierre -- State capital located on the Missouri River.
• Rapid City -- Second largest city in the state, located at the base of the Black Hills along Interstate 90. Home to Dinosaur Park, among other attractions.
• Sturgis -- "Motorcycle City, USA"; Home of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally every summer.
• Vermillion -- Home to the University of South Dakota.
• Wall -- Gateway to the Badlands and home of Wall Drug.
• Watertown -- Home of the Terry Redlin Art Center.

[edit] Other destinations

• Badlands National Park
• Black Hills National Forest
• Chief Crazy Horse Memorial A mountain which is to be the worlds largest statue. Decades-long, generations-long project near Custer, SD.
• Fort Hays Chuckwagon and Dinner Show Movie-set buildings from Dances With Wolves are part of the fun of this traditional cowboy supper with music & comedy show.
• Jewel Cave National Monument
• Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail - Between May 1804 and September 1806, 32 men, one woman, and a baby traveled from the plains of the Midwest to the shores of the Pacific Ocean. They called themselves the Corps of Discovery.
• Minuteman Missile National Historic Site
• Missouri National Recreational River
• Mount Rushmore National Memorial
• Wind Cave National Park A park is named for its sacred cave who's air which is either sucked in or blown out, depending on atmospheric conditions.

[edit] Understand

Include National Wildlife Refuges in this section as well, Lacreek, Sand Lake, Waubay, Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuges.

[edit] Talk

[edit] Get in

South Dakota is served by two major airports, Sioux Falls Regional Airport (FSD), in the southeast, and Rapid City Regional Airport (RAP), in the west. Sioux Falls Regional Airport is served by Northwest, United, Delta and Allegiant airlines. Rapid City Regional is served by Northwest, United, Delta and Allegiant airlines. Aberdeen, Watertown and Pierre also have scheduled commercial air service.

Two major interstates cross the state. Interstate 90 run east-west from Seattle, Washington to Boston, Massachusetts. Interstate 29 runs north-south from Kansas City, Missouri north to Winnepeg ,Manitoba, Canada. Additionally, federal highways running east-west include 12, 212, 14, and 18; north-south highways 85, 385, 83, 183, 281 and 81 also traverse the state.

South Dakota is not served by Amtrak passenger rail.

[edit] Get around

Because South Dakota is rather sparsely populated and little mass transit is available, most residents and visitors use the state's roads and highways to travel from place to place. However, traffic is light and roads are straight and direct, so it's easy to get wherever you want to go.

[edit] See

• Corn Palace in Mitchell

[edit] Do

[edit] Eat

• Al's Oasis in Oacoma on I-90 near the Missouri River.

[edit] Drink

[edit] Stay safe

The eastern part of South Dakota is in Tornado Alley so might want to check the Tornado safety page if you are visiting South Dakota.

[edit] Get out

To the north and south are the fellow plains states of North Dakota and Nebraska, with various attractions in each one, but for a different type of state, consider going either east to forested Minnesota, or west to eventual mountains in Wyoming or Montana

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