Top rated Historical landmarks in Rapid City, United States to elevate your visit (Updated April, 2024)

Top rated Historical landmarks in Rapid City

Experience the best that Rapid City has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 20 places from Historical landmark category.

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CC Gideon Tunnel

Historical landmark

👍👍 Best tunnel as it is the only tunnel that you can view Mount Rushmore Memorial from.

4.90 (205 reviews) (~29.54 km from centre)

Ayres Natural Bridge Park

Park

👍👍 Easy to get to, close to Casper, Glenrock, and Douglas, quiet, lots of peaceful picnic benches along La Prele Creek. There's old school playground equipment and a sand volleyball area. The pit toilets are immaculate. There's easy wading pools for kids.

4.80 (872 reviews) (~243.88 km from centre)

Welcome to Custer State Park Sign

State park

👍👍 I loved being close to nature in this place. There were so many buffalo roaming around and other animals too. It was a wonderful experience to visit such a beautiful national park.

4.80 (161 reviews) (~35.41 km from centre)

Delta-01 Launch Control Facility

Historical landmark

👍👍 Our recent visit to the Delta-01 Launch Control Facility was nothing short of fascinating! Even though we were unable to secure a guided tour, the grounds alone presented a unique and captivating window into our nation's history. The exterior of the facility and the surrounding landscapes alone are...

4.80 (154 reviews) (~103.87 km from centre)

Scovel Johnson Tunnel

Historical landmark

👍👍 Cool bypass road. Stopping and looking at Mount Rushmore from a distance was awesome!!!

4.80 (124 reviews) (~29.45 km from centre)

Kidney Spring Gazebo

Historical landmark

👍👍 My hubby had no idea what he was getting himself into when we pilgrimaged to the therapeutic and magical healing waters at Kidney Springs. The healing water is 83 degrees year-round and feature all-natural minerals that you cannot get in most other water. It was peaceful and a nice walk too. Cute do...

4.80 (67 reviews) (~74.66 km from centre)

Central Park Fountain

Historical landmark

👍👍 It's a difficult challenge for me not to gush a 1,000+ words or more about this beautiful, well-maintained fountain, a real masterpiece gracing Alliance, Nebraska. Can sit here an hour or more mesmerized, especially during the softer low-light of dusk as soft atmospheric illuminations blend with the...

4.70 (152 reviews) (~221.6 km from centre)

Welcome to Sturgis Sign

Historical landmark

👍👍 A place that every biker should know. Sturgis is very close to wonderful routes, national parks where you connect with nature 100. You can visit Yellowstone Park and Custer National Park, very close to the city. It is worth mentioning that the event of greatest attraction for every motorcyclist take...

4.70 (66 reviews) (~41.71 km from centre)

Stan & Ollie's Pub at the Historic Iron Horse Inn

Bar

👍👍 Chicken fried bacon! Oh wow! So good! Pizza was great too! Great staff and fun atmosphere

4.70 (56 reviews) (~51.74 km from centre)

Berg Jewelry & Gifts Black Hills Gold and Diamonds

Jewelry store

👍👍 Great people, no pressure, just very knowledgeable and patient. I would highly recommend if you're looking for beautiful Black Hills Gold Jewelry or a nice memento of your time here go to Berg's jewelry.

4.70 (35 reviews) (~51.86 km from centre)

Carhenge

Tourist attraction

Wrecked cars have been arranged like England's Stonehenge at this public art installation.

4.60 (2.6K reviews) (~217.61 km from centre)

Delta-09 Minuteman Missile Silo

Historical landmark

👍👍 Really amazing to see how close we could have been to nuclear armageddon. My photos are from Delta 09 site. A phone number is provided for you to call and have your own personal narrated tour. Free and very well maintained. Restrooms and trash cans.

4.60 (553 reviews) (~87.01 km from centre)

Gordon Stockade Historical Landmark

Historical landmark

👍 Cute little place to stop and see a bit of history that is still around. Informational plaques as well as original well preserved & maintained woodworking and construction and see why they picked the spot to camp and why it was centrally located minutes from stockade lake. Good place to let the kids...

4.60 (100 reviews) (~42.21 km from centre)

Fort Hays Chuckwagon Supper & Show

Restaurant

Meat-&-potato meals are served in a down-home space followed by a Wild West-themed variety show.

$$ $$

4.50 (1.5K reviews) (~9.15 km from centre)

Lake Minatare Lighthouse

Historical landmark

👍👍 What a wonderful little light house. Go and get a day pass at the state park and walk the beaches. You’ll love walking up the spiral staircase to the most beautiful views of the lake.

4.50 (170 reviews) (~240.1 km from centre)

Aladdin Coal Tipple

Historical landmark

4.50 (68 reviews) (~96.85 km from centre)

Wounded Knee Memorial

Historical landmark

👍👍 Incredible place to visit. Take some time to talk to the people selling their handmade jewelry and crafts. They were very engaging and very eager to talk about the area and explain what happened at Wounded Knee. For many of them their jewelry/craft sales are their only income. As others have mention...

4.40 (361 reviews) (~125.33 km from centre)

Verendrye Monument

Historical landmark

👍👍 Great short-stop with wonderful view of Fort Pierre, Missouri River And Pierre. Amazing piece of history showing French fur trappers had claimed land for France in 1743. Before the US had even declared independence.

4.40 (33 reviews) (~229.1 km from centre)

Crazy Horse Memorial

Monument

Started in 1948, this vast, unfinished mountain carving shares a site with a Native American museum.

4.30 (4.3K reviews) (~41.68 km from centre)

Oahe Mission School and Chapel

Historical landmark

😠 The mission was wipe out Native Cultures, white wash their lives, stop speaking native languages, only use English, and teach them how to assimilate into the “use the land and animals as a commodity” mindset, forget the spirits of the Earth. Sad mission, led to the death of a lot of culture, a lot o...

4.30 (39 reviews) (~230.13 km from centre)

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Top rated Historical landmarks in Rapid City, United States