Browse by town
Twenty-two towns across the Black Hills, the Badlands and the Wyoming side, grouped by the part of the region they sit in, with how long each one takes to reach from Rapid City. Pick one to read about it and see the small businesses we list there.
Central Hills
Box Elder, SD
Rapid City's neighbor to the east, and home to Ellsworth Air Force Base.
About 15 minutes from Rapid City by car.
Now accepting listingsHill City, SD
A Main Street town in the middle of the Hills, on the 1880 Train line and the Mickelson Trail.
About 35 minutes from Rapid City by car.
Now accepting listingsKeystone, SD
The closest town to Mount Rushmore, a few miles below the memorial.
About 30 minutes from Rapid City by car.
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Rapid City, SD
The biggest city in western South Dakota, and the base for the whole region.
Most of the drive times on these pages start here.
1 listedRochford, SD
An old gold-mining town in the quiet middle of the Hills, right on the Mickelson Trail.
About an hour from Rapid City by car.
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Belle Fourche, SD
A ranch town on the northern edge of the Hills, with the monument to the center of the nation.
About an hour from Rapid City by car.
Now accepting listings
Deadwood, SD
The 1876 gold rush town where Wild Bill Hickok was shot, with its old buildings still standing.
About 50 minutes from Rapid City by car.
Now accepting listingsLead, SD
A mountain mining town built around the Homestake, once the deepest gold mine in North America.
About 55 minutes from Rapid City by car.
Now accepting listingsNemo, SD
A tiny sawmill town on the back road between Rapid City and Deadwood.
About 35 minutes from Rapid City by car.
Now accepting listingsSpearfish, SD
A college town at the mouth of Spearfish Canyon.
About 45 minutes from Rapid City by car.
Now accepting listingsSturgis, SD
Home of the August motorcycle rally, and a small town at the foot of the Hills the rest of the year.
About 30 minutes from Rapid City by car.
Now accepting listingsSouthern Hills
Custer, SD
The town next to Custer State Park and Crazy Horse.
About 50 minutes from Rapid City by car.
Now accepting listingsEdgemont, SD
The quiet southern end of the Mickelson Trail.
About an hour and a half from Rapid City by car.
Now accepting listingsHot Springs, SD
A sandstone town built around warm springs, close to the Mammoth Site and Wind Cave.
About an hour from Rapid City by car.
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Interior, SD
A tiny town right at the edge of Badlands National Park.
About an hour and 15 minutes from Rapid City by car.
Now accepting listingsKadoka, SD
The eastern gateway to the Badlands on I-90.
About an hour and a half from Rapid City by car.
Now accepting listingsWall, SD
The town at the north edge of the Badlands, and home of Wall Drug.
About 50 minutes from Rapid City by car.
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Aladdin, WY
A tiny Wyoming town with a general store from the 1890s.
About an hour and a half from Rapid City by car.
Now accepting listingsBeulah, WY
The first stop in Wyoming on I-90, just over the line from Spearfish.
About an hour from Rapid City by car.
Now accepting listingsHulett, WY
The closest town to Devils Tower.
About two hours from Rapid City by car.
Now accepting listingsNewcastle, WY
The gateway to the Black Hills from the Wyoming side.
About an hour and a half from Rapid City by car.
Now accepting listingsSundance, WY
The Wyoming town that gave the Sundance Kid his name.
About an hour and 15 minutes from Rapid City by car.
Now accepting listingsMore than Rapid City
We know the site is called Rapid City Tourism, but most people who come to Rapid City are here to see the Black Hills and the Badlands, so that's where we look. You'll find a coffee stand in Rochford and a tack shop in Hot Springs here alongside places in town, and we'd list a good small business out by Devils Tower just the same. If it's run by the people who own it and it's worth the drive, it belongs here.