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th rd th unique ride on a steam engine while sipping Aug 29 - 3 6 craft beer paired with local fare. Sturgis Mustang Rally, Sturgis, (605) 347- Night Blast, Crazy 3662, sturgismustangrally.com. Competition, Horse Memorial, (605) 673-4681, 9th poker run, show & shine, auction, parade, crazyhorsememorial.org. In observance Dakota Rods and Classic Cruise-In, racing, Mustang rodeo, and more. Competition of Crazy Horse’s death in 1877 and the Rush-No-More Campground, (605) 347-2916, includes burn-out, launch box, drag racing, and commemoration of the 107th birth date rushnomore.com. Enjoy the live music, auto-cross. Event registration is at the Thunder of sculptor born in beautiful cars, cold beer, and great food. The Dome, three miles east of Sturgis. 1908, this second night blast of the year pool will be open so bring your bathing suits (weather permitting) is a spectacular show of st th and towels. This event is free and open to the pyrotechnics. Admission to the Memorial is Aug 31 - 4 public.. Challenge, Rapid City, free after 5 pm, although a food donation is very (605) 341-3667, bh4wheelers.com. This back much appreciated. th th road challenge offers everything from scenic th th 9 & 10 trails to technical rock crawling. Trails are 8 - 10 Heart of the Hills Quilt Show & Sale, Hill assigned general ratings that outline minimum Black Hills Historic Hot City, (605) 574-2810, hillcityarts.org. Come for vehicle requirements. Air Balloon Event, The Stratobowl, (605) a weekend all about quilts with an indoor show, 673-2520, blackhillsballoons.com. Held at the st outdoor show, and vendor mall! 1 Stratobowl, you can view the balloon launch Hike to Cedar Butte, Badlands National from the rim. Tickets are also available if you’d Park, (605) 455-2878, nps.gov/badl. Enjoy like to participate in the event. 9th & 10th panoramic views from the top of Cedar Butte th th Once Upon a Festival, Rapid City, (605) during this 4 hour rugged walk. Register by 8 - 9 342-6357, storybookisland.org. Vendors, calling the White River Visitor Center 605-455- Polkapalooza, Mt. Rushmore Resort at games, prizes, and entertainment for kids and 2878. Palmer Gulch, (605) 574-2525, palmergulch. families. Ride the dragon train and celebrate the rd com. Enjoy great German food, refreshing arrival of fall in Rapid City. 3 beverages, live music, and dancing. Admission Mt. Rushmore Rodeo at Palmer Gulch, is $5 per person, per night. 15th & 16th Mt. Rushmore Resort at Palmer Gulch, (605) th 574-2525, palmergulch.com. Events include 9 Taste of Autumn BBQ, Spearfish, (307) bull riding, saddle bronc, bareback riding, team Rails & Ales, Black Hills Central Railroad, 756-2288, tasteofautumnbbq.com. The KCBS roping, barrel racing and mutton bustin’ fun for (605) 574-2222, 1880train.com. Enjoy live sanctioned BBQ includes Family Fun with BBQ

••• SEPTEMBER 2017 ••• the kids. Free to resort & KOA guests. $10 for music and beer tasting during the social hour, vendors, live music, and refreshments. Taste of non-guests, $5 ages 6-12 and 5 under are free. then board the train where you will enjoy a Autumn People’s Choice judging will take place Autumn on Friday evening and Saturday afternoon nd rd and Beer Barrel Games! (while supplies last) and is open to the public. 22 & 23 th Admission is only $5 per day. Badger Clark Cowboy Music & Poetry 29 Gathering, Hot Springs, (800) 325-6991, 52nd Annual Buffalo Roundup, Custer th th hotsprings-sd.com. Celebrate the life, works, , (605) 255-4515, custerstatepark. 15 & 16 and spirit of ’s first poet laureate at com. Feel the thunder as you watch cowboys Sturgis Supermoto, Sturgis, (605) 490- the Badger Clark Poetry & Music Gathering. It’s and cowgirls roundup and drive the herd 1321, amanationalsupermoto.com. The not just for cowboys, it’s for anyone who loves of approximately 1,300 buffalo into corrals. 5th Annual Sturgis Supermoto race, AMA- the Black Hills the way Badger Clark did! Volunteer crews will brand, sort, and vaccinate sanctioned event combines flat-out street the herd in preparation for the fall sale. racing right on Main Street with portions of dirt. rd 23 th This is a free event for spectators. Oktoberfest Express, Hill City, (605) 30 574-2222,1880train.com. Celebrate Oktoberfest Free National Park Day, Hills-wide, nps. th th on board the 1880 Train! Enjoy authentic gov/findapark/feefreeparks.htm. Enjoy a day 15 & 16 seasonal beer paired with traditional German without entrance fees to Badlands National 27th Annual Deadwood Jam, Deadwood, foods and polka music. Park, Jewel Cave National Monument, Wind (800) 344-8826, deadwood.com. Rock, reggae rd Cave National Park or National and blues fill the Black Hills for two incredible 23 Monument. (Cave tour fees at Jewel Cave and days of outdoor concerts. Plus, enjoy food, Wild Harvest Fest, Spearfish, (605) 717-9294, Wind Cave still in effect.) West entertainment, and breathtaking views of visitspearfish.com. This festival allows farmers th the Black Hills. to sell locally grown produce & canned goods. 30 th It also features live entertainment, baked goods 9th Annual Great Downtown 16 contests, sidewalk sales, and street vendors. Pumpkin Festival, Rapid City, (605) 716- Wine Express, Hill City, (605) 574-2222, th th 7979, mainstreetsquarerc.com. The festival 1880train.com. Enjoy a memorable experience 28 - 30 will feature a pumpkin catapult, giant pumpkin on the 1880 Train during the annual “Wine Buffalo Roundup Arts Festival, Custer weigh-off, chef competition, the Regional Health Express,” featuring food courses served with State Park, (605) 255-4515, custerstatepark.com. and Scull Construction Kidz Zone, vendors, and regionally made wines, and local western At the Annual Buffalo Roundup Arts Festival, more! entertainment. up to 150 vendors will offer their fine wares th th including many SD-made products. 30 16 14th Annual Fall Festival & Car Show, th th th 11 Annual Shine & Show/Fall 28 - 30 Edgemont, (605) 662-5900,edgemont.info. The Festival, Newcastle, WY, (307) 746-2739, Oktoberfest, Deadwood, (605) 578-1876, Fall Festival offers car, motorcycle and hot rod newcastlewyo.com. Enjoy food & craft vendors, deadwood.com. Enjoy live German music, shows, hay rides, ATV and horseback poker games, 50s & 60s music, door prizes, and a car the annual Tour de Oktoberfest, free food, and runs, 50s music, quilt and craft shows, antique show in Dow Park. Prizes awarded to top four dancing. Bring the whole family and join in the equipment show, and a dance. People’s Choice cars. fun with the now famous “Wiener Dog Races”

Black Hills & Badlands Tourism Association 1851 Discovery Circle Rapid City, SD 57701

Visitor Information: (605) 355-3700 or blackhillsbadlands.com st Mountain Grand requires tickets. 1 Autumn Volksmarch, Crazy Horse 13th - 15th Memorial, (605) 673-4681, crazyhorsememorial. SD Rodeo Association Finals, Rapid City, org. Join in for the autumn hike to the arm of (605) 466-2341, sdrodeo.com. Top state rodeo Crazy Horse and enjoy all of the fall festivities athletes compete for championship year-end of the Black Hills. $3/person AVA fee for 10K titles at the Central States Fairgrounds. round-trip hike. A donation of 3 cans of food per person to the KOTA Care & Share food drive is th th appreciated. 13 - 14 th nd th th 20 - 22 6 - 8 th th 31st Annual Black Hills Powwow, Rapid 27 - 29 Haunting of Keystone, Keystone, (605) City, (605) 341-0925, blackhillspowwow.com. 666-4847, hauntedkeystone.com. Get ready Experience the proud heritage and majestic to be spooked at this multi-event haunted pageantry of Native American dancers and house! Enter the mine, haunted forest, and old drum groups as the Lakota, Nakota, and Dakota schoolhouse at your own risk, but be prepared nations gather for this annual celebration. Held for a ghostly good time. at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center, come and see the grand entrance, drum groups, and dance competitions! 27th & 28th th 20th Annual Halloween Night 7 Hike, , (605) 255-4464, An Evening with President Thomas custerstatepark.com. From the Jefferson, Mt. Rushmore National Memorial, Visitor Center, participants hike a paved (605) 341-8883, mountrushmoresociety.com. path along a “creepy” route with costumed This annual fundraising event includes a social, characters along the way. Hikes begin every 15 dinner, and educational program beginning at minutes from 5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Reservations 5 p.m. in the Carver’s Cafe. for the hike are required. th 7 th ••• OCTOBER 2017 ••• 7th Annual Bierbörse, Rapid City, (605) 27th & 28 Deadweird, Deadwood, (605) 578-1876, 716-7979, mainstreetsquarerc.com. The deadwood.com. Make plans for the 5th annual event features a microbrew tasting, beer stock Monster Ball on Friday with a live band, exchange, homebrew sampling, polka music, dancing, and prizes; and the annual Costume and more. All ages are welcome and IDs are Contest with more than $8,000 in cash and required to consume alcohol. prizes for the best costumes on Saturday. Both th events are FREE, so come in costume or just 9 come to watch - it is quite the sight! Must be 21 Native American Day Celebration, to participate. , (605) 673-4681, crazyhorsememorial.org. Native American Day is celebrated at Crazy Horse Memorial with a 28th Scare in the Square, Rapid City, (605) free public program featuring Native American 716-7979, mainstreetsquarerc.com. Downtown singers and dancers and hands-on activities Rapid City will celebrate Halloween on Sat, for children are offered in the visitor complex. Oct 28, in collaboration between Downtown A free buffalo stew lunch is available for all businesses and Main Street Square. Scare in visitors. the Square will offer tons of ghostly family fun th th at Main Street Square, then visit participating 12 - 14 Downtown businesses for Downtown Trick-or- Wild West Songwriters Treat from 1 to 3 p.m. Festival, Deadwood, (605) 578-1876, wildwestsongwriters.com. Over 20 top songwriters and artists will take part in this

three day festival that features panels, parties, All dates and information are subject to and free performances. The festival takes place change. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday afternoon at various locations in Deadwood. Evening concerts on Friday and Saturday at Deadwood Four Fall Color DRives

Hit the road to see some of the best Fall foliage in the Black Hills! Z From Broadus, - Little Bighorn From Buffalo, SD Rocky Point Belle Fourche Reservoir From Bowman, ND From Faith, SD Devils Tower Battlefield and Alzada, MT and Medora, ND State Rec. Area Orman Dam and Dickinson, ND and Lemmon, SD National Monument Belle Fourche River 212 85 From Devils Tower Tri-State Museum NEWELL 212 and Hulett, Wyo 22 BLACK ? Center of the Nation 212 NISLAND 1. Spearfish Canyon24 34 Monument 10 Belle Fourche ALADDIN McNenny River Fish Hatchery BELLE FOURCHE 543 EL3021 VALE HILLS Mirror Lake Scenic Byway 111 10 20 BEULAH 34 21 17 & BADLANDS 19 Enjoy waterfalls, hiking, and ? 2 90 85 Spearfish Rec & ST. ONGE 14 8 Aquatic Center 205 10 79 D.C. Booth Historic 18 ofSouth Dakota 10 12 Nat’l Fish Hatchery limestone cliffs with jagged 19 & Northeastern ? 14 17 SPEARFISH 23 3 EL3645 90 peaks on this 20-mile route WHITEWOOD Bear Butte State Park MAP LEGEND 863 Crow Peak EL3654 34 From Devils Tower, Wyo Tower, From Devils Tatanka Story of Lake ©2017 by BH&B 14A High Plains Western the Bison Computer generated by BH&B 134 30 ? SUNDANCE 130 Citadel Spearfish Heritage Center Bear Butte Creek 112 on US Hwy 14A. EL4744 Rock Boulder Canyon STURGIS Interchange Exit Number Byway Peak 85 14 Golf Club at EL3421 14 U.S. Hwy. Marker 214 Broken Boot 8 6 Bridal 195 Apple Springs Scenic Gold Mine 44 State Hwy. Marker Veil Falls ? Black Hills Mt. Theo DEADWOOD anyon Ft. Meade Iron Creek Roosevelt 14A C 32 21 Forest Service Road Grand Canyon EL4537 Lake Canyon Mining

Moskee Hwy. 1 Little 12 133 Boulder 18 County Road Crow Peak Museum 4 Sturgis Motorcycle 34 141 Cement Ridge CENTRAL CITY Days of 76 Museum Museum 170 ? Visitor Information Lookout 134 19 & Hall of Fame Spearfish Historic ? ? Kodiaks Arcade & Bikers 7 Mileage Between Stars 222 Spearfish LEAD 3 103 SAVOY Falls Homestake EL5203 PLUMA Shooting Gallery 170 Black Hills 37 Scenic Paved Highway Opera House 79 Byway 2. Vanocker Canyon807 3 Adams Museum & House National Multi-Lane Divided Hwy. 850 Roughlock 385 Dwd Mini-Golf & Arcade 18 Cemetery 222 Falls 105 14A Ski Area EL7064 Sanford Lab 135 Gravel Road 875 Deer Mountain Homestake 40 Black Hills National Forest Birch and aspen provide a Ski Area 534 534 2 Visitor Center Strawberry 804 5 8 Custer State Park 807 CROSSING Hill 44 Creek TILFORD 805 6 247 136 168 Icebox 227 ROUBAIX 151 137 glowing backdrop on this MOSKEE 85 Canyon 10 Beautiful Tunnel 585 Mad Mountain Vanocker Canyon Petrified Forest of 134 196 196 Fish ‘N Fry Nemo Wonderland Cave 90 George S Mickelson Trail Summer Adventures Trout Pond 26 44 the Black Hills 216 Dalton 46 Elk Creek 17-mile drive on Forest 22 DUMONT Custer Peak Lake 16 224 O'Neill Lookout PIEDMONT 4 875 Pass 17 19 ATV Rentals at Road 209 Mystic Trails Custer Crossing EL3494 EL.6689 Rentals 198 48 Black Hills Service Rd 26. 175 255 NEMO Visitor Information Center 107 206 256 193 140 14 231 Roubaix Steamboat ELLSWORTH Trailshead Lake Rock SUMMERSET RAPID CITY Rentals George S 385 EL3638 EL3241 AFB 231 Mickelson Trail 52 SD Air & Space BUCKHORN Crooks Tower Nemo Road Museum 201 BLACK HAWK The Journey Museum Box Elder 117 208 & Learning Center Creek 67 233 231 ROCHFORD EL3494 55 57 58 60 61 11 White Tail Peak 237 672 Box Elder 59 90 14 JOHNSON Creek 231 ? 85 SILVER 173 BOX From Badlands, 110 189 17 Rimrock SIDING 234 ? Wall and Kadoka CITY 321 ELDER 110 233 Flag 18 The Outdoor Mountain Rapid 167 Campus West TRUCK WaTiki Indoor 810 Creek Dinosaur 16 Waterpark 3. Boulder Canyon FOUR 109 251 Pactola ? Hwy. Park 111 Castle Main Street 212 CORNERS Creek Lake Museum Square Rapid City 16 of Regional Airport MYSTIC 44 228 Geology 157 ? ✈ Take US Hwy 14A for a short 417 258 13 HISEGA Black Hills Caverns 79 110 159 TRUCK 655 188 Lookout 159 16 44 DEERFIELD 607 America’s Founding 318 Road Ft. Hays Rapid Creek 385 Fathers Exhibit Lake 12-mile drive on a high- 421 17 Circle B Ranch Old West Town & 294 Chuckwagon From Badlands and Deerfield Sheridan Dinner Show Scenic Mount Pisgah 117 Lake 300 17 Trail Rides at High Spring Bear Country USA 297 Country Guest Ranch Creek Spring walled valley road that is ATV & Snowmobile Sheridan Creek Road 18 Road 291 1880 358 WYOMING Old MacDonald’s Ditch Rentals at 386 Train Lake ROCKERVILLE

SOUTH DAKOTA Petting Farm 301 Creek Mt Meadows Resort Deerfield 4 392 18 Salt Creek EL4983 Road ? Spring Creek 235 filled with color. Creek 6 17 220 From Alzada,HILL MT CITY 452 Big Thunder Gold Mine Beaver 112 16 Cosmos Rushmore Borglum Story Rd. Interchange Exit Number Boy Scout 30310 117 Camp112 Old Hill City Rd 4 16A 233 Mystery Area Nat’l Presidential Wax Museum 212 14 U.S. Hwy. Marker Museum at Black HillsALVA3 323 Holy Terror Mini Golf 291 Bear Mountain HULETT Institute EL 3992 11 DEVILS TOWER79 AREA 44 Rushmore Tramway Adventures 85 State Hwy. Marker Lookout EL 3763305 244 ? Spring CreekEL 3021 296 299 Spring Creek 24 Zipline Tour at RTA ? 21 Forest Service Road Horsethief 15 ALADDIN6 Trail Rides at 859 350 Lake ? BELLE FOURCHE 293 16 KEYSTONE 40 EL 3681 18 County Road 849 Diamond 7 Bar Peak Heartland Expressway NEWCASTLE 10 6 EL4330 Rush Mountain From Gillette, Wyo Guest Ranch EL 7244 4 ? EL4327 ? Visitor Information 838 330 HAYWARD Adventure7 Park 34 284 297 Sylvan Lake Nat'l Memorial 10 10 Mileage Between Stars 385 832 16A Battle Sandstone I 85 Devils292 Tower Crazy Horse Playhouse ro 111Creek Mountain10 Paved Highway ? n 10 Memorial 842 Road M National 285 753 o Multi-lane Divided Hwy. 87 MOUNTAINSHwy. u 360 6 Sylvan Rocks 830 Black Hills n 8 Vore Buffalo HERMOSA 117 Signal Hill Rockin’ R 843 17 ta 9 From Gravel Roads Monument CookClimbing Lake School Playhouse in Pine Ridge 16 283 Trailrides Redwater R Jump BEULAH Battle 11 4. Belle Fourche to EL 5112 River o 40

Black Hills National Forest 84911 345 Center Lake a Creek 282 284 14 d Mirror Lake 6 284 Sugarloaf Mtn. EL 3520 287847 89 Bismarck EL 4865 36 Keyhole State Park 344 838Lake 349 Visitor 286 BLACK S833tockade 10 ? N Devils Tower Road Trip - 121 mi 288 A Center 10 282 Lake 16 ? ? 90 Devils Tower 24 French CUSTERHILLS 12 668 ? 7 Legion Lake 2 N River Creek EL5314 Custer831 UTV 11 205 DEVILS TOWER Beaver Lake NATIONAL Game Lodge Hellʼs Water Slide Rentals 199 ? This 52-mile route on Hwy Canyon JUNCTION FOREST 341 Mt. Coolidge 863 SPEARFISH CARLILE 16 Black Hills 851Custer Lookout EL 6023 27 Mountain SOUTH DAKOTA Crow Peak EL 3645 118 Four Mile WarrenBalloons Peak 14 From Lead Elk Mountain 408 Custer Jewel Cave Old West Town EL 6760 343 BEAR LODGE and Rapid City Lookout14 838 14Canyon 34 offers a rolling landscape 769 123 Fourche Nat'l Monument 793 Blue French FAIRBURN 27 653 339 Bell State90 Park Creek Crook Cty Museum &CiceroSUNDANCELodge PARK ENTRANCE FEE ? 769 Belle Grand Citadel 270 Peak E l 4744 Visitor BLACK Kara C Art Gallery Foundation Center Peak with a variety of fall beauty. Keyhole 89 87 191 Canyon 21 Wildlife 33 715 WYOMING © 2017 State Park Road 12 141 HILLS Road Trips 14 17 134 by BH&B reek R 189 Iron Creek© 2017 by BH&B Suggested Itineraries Kilometers 385 336 Loop Moskee NATIONAL 14A 1 10 187 Road www.BlackHillsBadlands.comLake Haven Spearfish Southern Hills - 78 miles oadSCALE FOREST Keyhole 1 Miles 5 Sundance 16 Mt. Rushmore and 391185 2221 Kilometers22 10 From Reservoir 313 Mtn.Rankin Ridge 5 6 Heartland Expressway Custer State Park - 67 milesPINE 273 Lookout Cement Ridge SAVOY

Buffalo 7 EL 5829 Lookout HAVEN Pine 315 313 and Central Hills - 71 miles PRINGLE Wind Cave 1 Miles 5 Cheyenne 113 79 GilletteNorthern Hills - 143 miles 316 National585 Park 804 222 Crossing 8 116 719 Roughlock 85 154Devils Tower EL 4225 - 121 miles 165 875 Falls 160 316 Exhibit 805 134 SpecialMOORCROFT Routes 172 From NewcastleWind Cave MOSKEEWindcross Conservancy 734 85 34 715 90 Beaver 5 733 153 From Newcastle769 715 and Upton From Newcastle Spanish Mustang Creek Preserve 656 DEWEY 16 Argyle 385 Trout Haven 656 101 Ranch 333 Road BUFFALO GAP George S 13 Mickelson Trail River Black Hills Tunnels 317 Beaver Creek Buses, Trucks & Trailers Note 89 Cold Brook Battle Mountain Cottonwood Reservoir Lookout Route Location W H Reservoir 2 Cheyenne US 16A 6.5m S of Keystone 13'2" 12'4" Evans HOT 318 Plunge ? US 16A 4m S of Keystone 13'0" 11'0" MINNEKAHTA SPRINGS Cheyenne US 16A 3m S of Keystone 9'0" 11'4" JUNCTION 18 EL3448 ORAL 12 Southern Hills 5 US 16A 1m N of Keystone 47'0" 18'0" Golf Course Mammoth 385 SD 87 6m SE of Sylvan Lake 9'0" 11'4" 322 Site Black MULE CREEK SD 87 2m SE of Sylvan Lake 8'4" 11'3" 18 Hills JUNCTION SD 87 1m N of Sylvan Lake 10'6" 9'10" 9 71 Angostura State Badlands River 10 Recreation Area 18 12 J.H. Keith Park 331 27 385

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From Lusk, Wyo EDGEMONT EL3458 SMITHWICK 18 13 18 8 Angostura Reservoir From Oelrichs, SD From Crawford, NE and Chadron, NE