Crazy Horse Monument
When
Will It Be Done?
If you plan on traveling to see Mount Rushmore, you just might want to stop and see the Crazy Horse Monument they are blasting out of a mountain north of Custer SD. It is located on Hwy 16-385 between Hill City and Custer SD. Their telephone number is 605-673-4681.
Crazy Horse has a huge welcome center, native artists in the Cultural Center, the sculptor's log home studio and laser light shows nightly at dark all summer long. We watched the light show from on top of Custer Mountain with some binoculars.
Crazy Horse Mountain Pictures - Hwy 16 North
-Crazy Horse in morning fog ....
monument in morning fog...
distant view... best
view... closeup view
-Approaching
the entrance to the monument... full
view... the Crazy Horse
entrance
-Sylvan Lake Exit South 87, Needles Highway... Exit
Sylvan Lake
-Helicopter scenic rides are $35.00 an hour, located south
of Crazy Horse Mountain... helicopter
rides... helicopter tours
sign
Read a newspaper article about the Crazy Horse Memorial also see the Sitting Bull Memorial at Mobridge SD
Heritage Village and Campground
On
our way back from seeing Mount Rushmore,
we stopped and ate a breakfast
buffet at Heritage
Village which is the southern entrance of Crazy Horse. They have a Breakfast
Buffet on weekends and it cost $15.00 for both of us. They also hve a free
Old West Kids Town,
free Rodeo clown and bullfighters museum, a Western Music Show nightly except
Monday and Wednesday, scenic trails for bicyling, hiking, or horseback riding.
Heritage Village: Closest campground to Crazy Horse Memorial- 5th night
free, full RV hookups, phone 605-673-4761 Located Hwy 16-385; 3 miles to Custer
SD , 17 miles to Mt. Rushmore.
Heritage Village is pretty nice inside, and has a huge gift shop. The lady at the counter told us about the Crazy Horse Memorial being built. She said it will not be finished in her lifetime. She also told us that the US government offer to help finish it, but they refused.
We also asked her about gold panning and tours, here's the gold mine list she showed us.
-Heritage Village entrance... entrance... front of building... restaurant sign
-Horseback riding... horseback riding... a billboard nearby
-Heritage Village Campground, located south of the Crazy Horse Monument... Heritage Village Campground
-Approaching Heritage Village heading south... heading south... campground entrance... Campground entrance
Related Pages
Town of Custer
SD
Custer Mountain Campground
Custer
State Park
Mt. Rushmore
Jewel
Cave National Park
Hill City, SD
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Dakota Hotels - An easy site to check for SD hotels and make reservations
Badlands Wilderness Camping - We did some wilderness camping in the Badlands.
Platte Creek Campground - Tent camping on the Missouri River, Southern SD.
Buryanek Campground - A nice campground recommended by our friends.
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