- Adams Homestead and Nature Preserve
- Spanning 1,500 acres along the Missouri River, this area was donated to the people of South Dakota in 1984 by Mary and Maud Adams, granddaughters of original homesteader Stephen
- Angostura Recreation Area
- Angostura Reservoir is a water-lovers haven in the southern Black Hills. With plenty of room for boating, fishing and swimming, this recreation area attracts visitors to its clear waters
- Angostura Reservoir
- The Angostura Dam and Reservoir are located at the southeast edge of the Black Hills on the Cheyenne River in southwestern South Dakota near the Nebraska border. Recreation
- Badlands National Park
- Located in southwestern South Dakota, Badlands National Park consists of 244,000 acres of sharply eroded buttes, pinnacles and spires blended with the largest, protected mixed grass prairie in the
- Bear Butte National Wildlife Refuge
- Bear Butte is an easement refuge only consisting of 563.63 acres on private and State owned lands. No lands are owned by the FWS. The area is managed
- Bear Butte State Park
- Bear Mountain is the Lakota name given to this site. To the Cheyenne, it is "Noahvose." This geological formation is one of several intrusions of igneous rock in the
- Beaver Creek Nature Area
- Developed to increase environmental awareness in visitors, Beaver Creek Nature Area highlights natural and historical resources in the vicinity. Pioneers named the creek for the numerous beaver they found
- Belle Fourche Reservoir
- Belle Fourche Dam and reservoir are features of the Belle Fourche Project. The reservoir is located on Owl Creek, about 8 miles east of Belle Fourche, South Dakota.
- Big Bend Dam Lake Sharpe
- One of six large lakes on the Missouri River. Area contains numerous village sites of early Indian culture. Recreation opportunities include camping, swimming, boating, fishing, and hunting outside
- Big Sioux Recreation Area
- Big Sioux Recreation Area lies on the banks of South Dakota's Big Sioux River. Close to both the cities of Brandon and Sioux Falls, Big Sioux is an ideal
- Big Stone Island Nature Area
- An 1823 expedition led by Major Stephan Long and geologist William Keating explored the Big Stone Lake region. Shortly after entering present-day South Dakota, they met an American Indian
- Black Hills Mining Museum
- For more than a century, gold mining has been the #1 industry in Lead and in the Northern Black Hills. Now that gold mining heritage is cleverly depicted
- Black Hills National Forest
- The name "Black Hills" comes from the Lakota words Paha Sapa, which mean "hills that are black". Seen from a distance, these pine-covered hills, rising several thousand feet above
- Burke Lake Recreation Area
- Like an oasis on the prairie, this area has a 25-acre lake which is surrounded by trees. Whether boating, sailing or canoeing, visitors will enjoy this lake that averages
- Buryanek Recreation Area
- American Indian people had encampments in this area. In 1804, George Shannon of the Lewis and Clark expedition was found near the area after being lost for 16 days.
- Chief White Crane Recreation Area
- On the shores of Lake Yankton, Chief White Crane is in close proximity to the Missouri River and Gavins Point Dam. The park was named after Chief White Crane
- Cold Brook Lake
- On the south fringe of the Black Hills. Visit nearby Mt. Rushmore, Custer State Park, and Wind Cave National Park. Cold Brook Lake offers a great variety or
- Cottonwood Springs Lake
- Cottonwood Springs Dam, SD was constructed to reduce flood damages in the Fall River Basin. Located just 5 miles west of Hot Springs on U.S. Highway 18 and
- Cow Creek Recreation Area
- Cow Creek Recreation Area is a park in Sully County, South Dakota. This 251 acre park has 40 non-electric campsites, a picnic shelter and boat ramp.
Scenic rolling hills,
- Custer State Park
- Custer State Park, the second largest state park in America, is located in the Black Hills of South Dakota, the park is home to a variety of wildlife and
- D.C. Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery
- Established in 1896, D.C. Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery, formerly Spearfish National Fish Hatchery, serves as a living fishery museum to the public and many organizations dedicated to fish
- Deerfield Reservoir
- Deerfield Dam and Reservoir, Rapid Valley Project, are twenty-five miles west of Rapid City, South Dakota on Castle Creek. Reservoir contains 400 surface acres and has 16 miles
- Farm Island Recreation Area
- Farm Island attracts all types of visitors campers, swimmers, hikers, anglers, bird watchers and bicyclists. With easy access to Lake Sharpe and popular beaches and trails, this park stays
- Fisher Grove State Park
- The land was once a river crossroad for pioneers going east and west across the James River that begins in North Dakota and spills into the Missouri River down
- Fort Meade Recreation Area
- The Fort Meade Recreation Area is composed of approximately 6,700 acres of forest and grasslands. The area is managed to protect, preserve, and enhance its cultural, historic, recreational, and
- Fort Randall Dam Lake Francis Case
- Situated on the Missouri River with numerous tributary streams and their embayments which afford protected boating and fishing sites. Established below Fort Randall Dam is one of the first
- Fort Sisseton Historic State Park
- Fort Sisseton Historic State Park (1864 fort), is a rare reminder of the western frontier. The fort's name comes from the nearby Sisseton Indian Tribe, and it is now
- Gavins Point Dam / Lewis and Clark Lake
- This Missouri River lake provides a tree-covered shoreline characterized by picturesque chalky bluffs in the lower segment and a beautiful view of the Missouri Valley in the upper reach.
- George S. Mickelson Trail and Black Hills Trail Office
- The George S. Mickelson Trail, in the heart of the beautiful Black Hills, was completed in September of 1998. Its gentle slopes and easy access allow people of all
- Hartford Beach State Park
- Runoff from melting glaciers 10,000 years ago created the river Warren. A section of the river is known today as Big Stone Lake. Rugged rock-strewn bluffs and scenic timbered
