SOUTH DAKOTA LANDMARKS COLORING BOOK

LIST OF SOUTH DAKOTA LANDMARKS AND ATTRACTIONS IN THIS COLORING BOOK:

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• Mount Rushmore National Memorial — Stand beneath one of America’s most recognizable monuments, where the enormous faces of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln are carved into the granite of the Black Hills.
   

• Custer State Park — Experience the wild beauty of the Black Hills in this sprawling state park, famous for scenic drives, rugged rock formations, mountain lakes, and a large herd of free-roaming bison.
   

• Mitchell Corn Palace — Discover one of South Dakota’s quirkiest landmarks in Mitchell, where the exterior of this unusual building is decorated with elaborate murals created from colorful corn, grains, and grasses.
   

• Wall Drug — Follow the famous roadside signs to this legendary Wall, South Dakota attraction, which grew from a small-town drugstore into a sprawling collection of shops, restaurants, Western displays, and family fun.
   

• Prairie Dog Town — Watch these entertaining little animals pop in and out of their underground burrows while getting a glimpse of the wildlife and grassland ecosystem of western South Dakota.
   

• 1880 Train (Black Hills Central Railroad) — All aboard for an old-fashioned railroad adventure through the Black Hills aboard a vintage steam train traveling between Hill City and Keystone.
   

• Historic Deadwood — Step into the Wild West in this legendary gold-rush town, where historic streets and buildings recall colorful characters, miners, gamblers, and outlaws from the 1870s.
   

• Needles Highway — Take an unforgettable drive through towering granite spires, narrow rock tunnels, forests, and dramatic mountain scenery along one of the Black Hills’ most distinctive roads.
   

• Crazy Horse Memorial — See the monumental mountain carving honoring Lakota leader Crazy Horse and explore a cultural complex devoted to the history, heritage, and living cultures of North American Indigenous peoples.
   

• Badlands National Park — Journey through an otherworldly landscape of sharply eroded buttes, pinnacles, canyons, and sweeping prairie where families may also spot bison, bighorn sheep, and prairie dogs.
   

• Wind Cave National Park — Venture beneath the prairie into an enormous underground world known for its unusual boxwork formations, then explore the park’s rolling grasslands and wildlife above ground.
   

• Black Elk Peak — Discover the highest point in South Dakota, rising 7,244 feet above the Black Hills and rewarding hikers with expansive views from its historic stone fire lookout.
   

• Sylvan Lake — Relax beside one of the Black Hills’ most picturesque lakes, where dramatic granite formations surround calm water perfect for family picnics, paddling, hiking, and sightseeing.
   

• Dignity of Earth and Sky Statue — Admire this striking sculpture near Chamberlain overlooking the Missouri River, created to honor the culture, strength, and enduring presence of South Dakota’s Lakota and Dakota peoples.
   

• Mammoth Site of Hot Springs — Travel back to the Ice Age at this remarkable indoor fossil site, where families can see an active paleontological dig containing the remains of dozens of mammoths.
   

• Minuteman Missile National Historic Site — Explore an extraordinary piece of Cold War history, where preserved missile facilities help tell the story of the nuclear weapons once hidden beneath the Great Plains.
   

• Jewel Cave National Monument — Head underground to discover a vast maze of passages and glittering mineral formations in one of the world’s longest known cave systems.
   

• Spearfish Canyon — Wind through a spectacular Black Hills canyon filled with limestone cliffs, forests, streams, waterfalls, and scenic overlooks that are especially colorful in autumn.
   

• Falls Park — See the Big Sioux River tumble over layers of pink quartzite in the heart of Sioux Falls, where walking paths and overlooks provide families with wonderful views of the city’s namesake waterfalls.
   

• Missouri River & Chamberlain/Oacoma Bluffs — Finish your South Dakota journey with sweeping views of the Missouri River as it winds past the dramatic bluffs near Chamberlain and Oacoma, showcasing the wide-open beauty of the Great Plains.