Visit Rapid City

Visit Rapid City Your guide to exploring Rapid City, South Dakota! The gateway to Mount Rushmore, the Black Hills, Badlands National Park and more.

Discover scenic drives, places to stay, local eats, downtown charm and trip ideas worth planning. Find Us Here: VisitRapidCity.com

Look up, Rapid City. 👀🎈The Stratobowl Historic Hot Air Balloon Launch starts TOMORROW!📅 September 11-13🌅 Flights take pl...
09/10/2026

Look up, Rapid City. 👀🎈

The Stratobowl Historic Hot Air Balloon Launch starts TOMORROW!

📅 September 11-13
🌅 Flights take place at sunrise
📍 Stratobowl

Set the alarm, grab your layers and get ready for one of the coolest mornings in the Black Hills. 🎈

Who's going this weekend?

Today's agenda:Find bison. 🦬Take approximately 47 photos. 📸Declare every single one your favorite.
09/08/2026

Today's agenda:

Find bison. 🦬
Take approximately 47 photos. 📸
Declare every single one your favorite.

Your Labor Day plans? We handled them. 📍🦬 Start with Wildlife Loop Road in Custer State Park 🏔️ Take the scenic route on...
09/04/2026

Your Labor Day plans? We handled them. 📍

🦬 Start with Wildlife Loop Road in Custer State Park
🏔️ Take the scenic route on Needles Highway
🍻 Make a stop at Lost Cabin Beer Co. in Hill City
🍬 Grab something sweet at Rushmore Candy Company
🍽️ Finish the day back in Rapid City for dinner

One day. A whole lot of Black Hills.

Save this one for Labor Day! ✨

Black Hills wildlife fun fact: These guys are FAST. 💨Pronghorn can run around 60 mph and are considered the fastest land...
09/03/2026

Black Hills wildlife fun fact: These guys are FAST. 💨

Pronghorn can run around 60 mph and are considered the fastest land animal in North America.

Good thing this one slowed down long enough for a photo. 👀

Come for the bison. Stay for what's hiding underneath them. 🔦Wind Cave National Park gives you prairie views above groun...
09/01/2026

Come for the bison. Stay for what's hiding underneath them. 🔦

Wind Cave National Park gives you prairie views above ground and a whole different adventure below it.

Not a bad two-for-one.

Consider this your reminder to put THIS on your calendar. 🦬The Custer State Park Buffalo Roundup is happening September ...
08/29/2026

Consider this your reminder to put THIS on your calendar. 🦬

The Custer State Park Buffalo Roundup is happening September 25, and watching the herd thunder across the prairie is one of those South Dakota experiences you have to see at least once.

📅 September 25
📍 Custer State Park

Who's going this year?

Okay, we need to know. 👀What's the ONE fair food you absolutely have to get every year?Corn dog? Funnel cake? Cheese cur...
08/27/2026

Okay, we need to know. 👀

What's the ONE fair food you absolutely have to get every year?

Corn dog? Funnel cake? Cheese curds? Something deep fried that probably shouldn't be?

Drop your must-have below. 👇🎡

08/24/2026

Proof that the Black Hills know how to end a day. 🌅

Sheridan Lake, you look good from up here.

08/21/2026

Okay fine, we'll go to the fair. You don't have to ask us twice. 🎡😂

The Central States Fair is officially here!

Rides, fair food, live entertainment, and absolutely no reason to go home early.

See you there. 👀

Um... excuse me, South Dakota??? 🤯Badlands National Park has absolutely no business looking this good.Yet here we are.
08/19/2026

Um... excuse me, South Dakota??? 🤯

Badlands National Park has absolutely no business looking this good.

Yet here we are.

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613 Main Street
Rapid City, SD
57701

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Tuesday 9am - 7pm
Wednesday 9am - 7pm
Thursday 9am - 7pm
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Saturday 9am - 7pm
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