South Dakota
Your region's go-now guide
Your region's go-now guide.
Your favorite parks, weekend getaways, peak ascents, campsites, and more in the southeast.
Your favorite Great Plains hikes—from dayhikes to weekenders to multiday trips.
Explore the wildest corner of the Great Plains.
Your favorite parks, weekend getaways, peak ascents, campsites, and more in the Great Plains states.
Ever dreamed of exploring another planet? Hike here.
The perfect dozen: Embark on one of these 12 treks, and turn America's most iconic preserves into your own private paradise.
Mississippi river vistas, ocean-size grasslands, and guaranteed solitude.
Explore a vast, trail-free prairie.
See the country's best light show.
Bushwhack into what very well might be the quietest spot in America.
Climb to views of the mighty Mississippi River.
Thru-hike one of the country's least-known National Scenic Trails.
Hike the River-to-River Trail over rugged ridges, through narrow canyons, and into small caves.
Think you know all there is to know about these famous peaks? Get an insider's guide right here.
Explore off-trail in a wilderness with more bison than boot prints.
Explore South Dakota's 7,242-foot high point in a weekend or a day.
Being bordered by the Great Lakes, the Dakota Badlands, and the rivers of the Mississippi Valley gives Midwesterners plenty of land and water for hiking and camping adventure–even if the local high point is still lower than a Colorado knoll.
Fall camping season seems to go on forever with these fair-weather weekend trips.
The Civilian Conservation Corps is turning 75—so celebrate right by hiking its classics.
Learn where to bag peaks, visit hidden cold water lakes, and trek through the eroded wonder of Badlands National Park in our Black Hills primer.
Think the Dakotas are just endless prairie? Get ready for climbing, backpacking, and biking of the highest order.
You'll never confused Plains with plain after exploring these hard-changing hiking, biking, and climbing routes.
Traveling to this point will leave you at a loss for words.
Our comprehensive guide to the best backpacking you can find in South Dakota.
It's the easiest hiking on Earth, and you get to sleep with buffalo, listen to coyotes sing, and bask in quiet so deep you can hear the grasslands growing. Welcome to the prairie.
Out of mistakes, miscues, and unexpected turns in the trail, we find the perfect trip.
Is the legendary jackalope the most endangered species in the Lower 48 or just an old cowboy tale that refuses to die?
History and nature intertwine when you hike South Dakota's stunning Black Hills.
