Minuteman Missile National Historic Site National Monument Devils Tower Destination: The The Minuteman Missile National Historic Site rises 1,267 feet above the Belle Fourche River, just National Memorial and Memorial is significant in representing the only remaining across the border. American Indian legend are located in the Black Hills National Forest in intact components of a Cold War nuclear missile has it that the rock sprang out of the earth and into western . Miles and miles of green field. Standing as South Dakota’s first national the air, just in pine trees and shimmering mountain streams historic site, it brings to life time to save offer an area packed with things to do. See the the history of the Cold War two boys from a rugged beauty of Badlands National Park. Explore and the realities felt at the bear. The bear in search of wild buffalo. Take Great Parks, threat of nuclear warfare. below pawed a tour of one of the caves. Or, better yet, do it all! View an actual Minuteman at the rock, It’s easy since most of these attractions are within Monuments II missile and gain a sense of resulting in the an hour’s drive of one another. the true power behind the tower’s fluted & Memorials weapon. Tours are limited to appearance. Seattle, WA

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For information contact: Miami, FL Minuteman Missile National Historic Site 21280 SD Highway 240 For information contact: Philip, SD 57567 Devils Tower National Monument Ph. (605) 433-5552 Fax (605) 433-5558 PO Box 10, Devils Tower, WY 82714-0010 Reservations (605) 433-5552 Ph. (307) 467-5283 Fax (307) 467-5350 www.nps.gov/mimi/ www.nps.gov/deto 1. Rapid City 2. Mount Rushmore National Memorial 3. Crazy Horse Black Wind Cave National Memorial Jewel Cave National Monument Jewel Cave takes 4. Custer State Park Hills Park protects an underground wonderland more its name from the jewel-like calcite crystals that 5. Jewel Cave National National than 100 miles long, making it the fourth-longest line its passages. Stalactites, stalagmites, dog-tooth Monument Forest cave in the world. This natural wonder is filled spar, moonmilk and other unusual formations are 6. Wind Cave with incredible displays of boxwork, honeycombed- National Park found along the cave’s explored passageways. With 7. Badlands National shaped calcite that adorn the walls and ceilings. more than 135 Park On the surface, the park’s mixed-grass prairie and miles surveyed, 8. Devils Tower National ponderosa pine forest are home to many animals Jewel Cave is Monument including bison, 9. Minuteman Missile recognized as the National Historic Site elk, pronghorn, second longest and deer. Tours cave system in the For more information contact: are offered world. Rangers South Dakota Dept. of Tourism year-round. lead guided tours 711 E. Wells Ave. through the cave. Pierre, SD 57501-3369 1-800-952-3625 Ph. (605) 773-3301 (605) 773-5977 fax © crazy www.TravelSD.com horse memorial

For information contact: For information contact: Jewel Cave National Monument Wind Cave National Park 11149 Building B12 RR 1 Box 190 US Highway 16 Hot Springs, SD 57747-9430 Custer, SD 57730 Ph. (605) 745-4600 Fax (605) 745-4207 Ph. (605) 673-2288 Fax (605) 673-3294 www.nps.gov/wica www.nps.gov/jeca The Spirit of a Nation The Story Behind the Mountain Exhibits in the Lincoln Borglum Museum tell the story of the people Badlands National Park This hauntingly beautiful Imagine trying to capture the spirit of an entire who turned a mountain into a tribute to a mighty nation in one . That’s the challenge Gutzon landscape arises mysteriously from the surrounding nation. Several exhibits focus on Lincoln Borglum’s prairie. The Badlands are a geological wonder Each of the presidents’ Borglum (1867-1941) faced in 1927 when he began father, sculptor , whose ingenuity, featuring a maze of buttes, canyons and gullies ambition and pioneering spirit made the dream a faces measures 60 feet work on Mount Rushmore National Memorial, from forehead to chin. formed by millions of years of erosion. The unusual America’s Shrine of Democracy. Today, Borglum’s reality. You’ll also learn about the four presidents rock formations are home to wildlife such as coyotes, who inspired the sculptor. Interactive displays, 400 mule deer, pronghorn, jackrabbits and bison. Visitors massive granite carving towers majestically over artifacts and 300 photographs let you experience the the forests of the Black Hills, a symbol of the can explore the Badlands on mountain’s history through sight, sound and touch. ranger-guided nation’s rich history, rugged determination and Travel Tips tours, or they > Mount Rushmore National Memorial is open lasting achievement. A Message that’s Larger than Life Visitors to year-round. can venture off Mount Rushmore National Memorial are impressed by > Admission to the park is free. the trail into the magnitude of the carving. You can view the 60- > There is a parking fee. the Sage Creek foot presidential faces from several lookout platforms > The Avenue of Flags, featuring the 56 flags of Wilderness Area, around the memorial. For a closer look at the faces, American states and territories, leads visitors to where the only the Grandview Terrace. follow the scenic Presidential Trail, which takes you to path is made by > During the summer, you can tour Borglum’s studio, the tread of bison. the base of the mountain. which houses his major Rushmore models. > A lighting ceremony takes place nightly throughout The monument is a grouping of four leaders who the summer in an outdoor amphitheater. brought the country from colonial times into the 20th century. It memorializes the birth, growth, For information contact: For information contact: Gutzon Borglum preservation and development of the United States. Mount Rushmore National Memorial Badlands National Park PO Box 268, Keystone, SD 57751-0268 PO Box 6, Interior, SD 57750 Ph. (605) 574-2523 Fax (605) 574-2307 Ph. (605) 433-5361 Fax (605) 433-5404 www.nps.gov/moru www.nps.gov/badl

Honoring American Indians Continuing the Dream Korczak’s wife, Ruth, and Custer State Park Custer State Park offers 71,000 seven of the 10 Ziolkowski sons and daughters have Travel Tips acres of spectacular views and abundant wildlife. “My fellow chiefs and I would like the white dedicated their lives to continuing the Crazy Horse > The sculptor’s studio-home and workshop, filled Scenic Highway winds its way through pine- with fine art and antiques, are open to visitors. man to know the red man has great heroes, too,” dream. Using the sculptor’s models, they are building covered forests, past granite spires, around hairpin > is open year-round. wrote Lakota chief Standing Bear when he invited upon his vision. They share Korczak’s financial > The mountain is lit nightly for one hour beginning curves and through narrow tunnels. The 18-mile sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski (1908-1982) to carve philosophy that Crazy Horse not be a government one-half hour after dark. Wildlife Loop cuts through prime wildlife country. The park’s famous bison herd Crazy Horse Memorial. Drilling and blasting on project, but rather it can be realized as a non-profit, > There is an admission fee to the non-profit memorial. humanitarian mission financed primarily from > “Legends in Light” laser light multimedia program roams freely here, along with the colossal mountain began in 1948, and the face admission fees. runs nightly Memorial Day – Native American Day deer, pronghorn, elk, coyotes, of Crazy Horse, completed in 1998, now stands as in mid-October. and prairie dogs. Visitors can the fifth granite face in the Black Hills. Current World’s Largest Mountain Carving Just 17 miles leave highways behind in favor work focuses on blocking out the 22-story-high apart, Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse in-the- of miles of hiking, biking and horse trails that run through horse’s head. making are two wonders of the modern world. Each provides a stone illustration of different aspects of this nature lover’s paradise. American history. When completed, Crazy Horse will Stay at one of the four historic stand 563 feet high, 641 feet long, and it will be carved resorts or camp beneath the in the round. Drilling and frequent blasting on the stars in one of the park’s mountain can be observed from the visitor complex, seven campgrounds. which features scale models and a DVD presentation For information contact: on how and why the mountain is being carved. Crazy Custer State Park Horse is much more than the mountain. Tribes from HC 83 Box 70, Custer, SD 57730 all across the United States, Canada and Mexico have For information contact: Park Headquarters Crazy Horse Memorial Ph. (605) 255-4515 Fax (605) 255-4460 Korczak contributed artifacts to the Indian Museum of North Avenue of the Chiefs, Crazy Horse, SD 57730-9506 www.custerstatepark.info Ziolkowski America. The museum’s exhibits illustrate the past Ph. (605) 673-4681 Fax (605) 673-2185 Park Visitor Center and present lives of American Indians. www.crazyhorsememorial.org (605) 255-4464