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South Dakota Travel Guide

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South Dakota [1] is an American state on the Great Plains.

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Regions

Cities

  • Aberdeen -- Third largest city, located in the northeast corner of the state.
  • Brookings -- Home to South Dakota State University, the state's largest university and only Division I.
  • Sioux Falls -- Largest city in the state, named after the falls of the Sioux River.
  • Mitchell -- home of the World's Largest Corn Palace, with new murals covering the outside every year since 1892.
  • Pierre -- State capital.
  • Rapid City -- Second largest city in the state, located at the base of the Black Hills along Interstate 90. Home to Dinosaur Park, among other attractions.
  • Sturgis -- "Motorcycle City, USA"; home of the Sturgis Rally.
  • Wall -- Home of Wall Drug
  • Watertown -- Home of the Terry Redlin Art Center.

Other destinations

Understand

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Talk

Get in

South Dakota is served by two major airports, Sioux Falls Regional Airport (FSD), in the southeast, and Rapid City Regional Airport (RAP), in the west. Sioux Falls Regional Airport is served by airlines Northwest, United, Delta and Allegiant. Rapid City Regional is served by airlines Northwest, United, Delta and Allegiant. Aberdeen, Watertown and Pierre also have scheduled commercial air service.

Two major interstates cross the state, Interstate 90, which runs from Seattle Washington to Boston Massachusetts, and Interstate 29, which runs from Kansas City Missouri north to Winnepeg Manitoba, Canada. Additionally, federal highways running east-west include 12, 212, 14, and 18; north-south highways 85, 385, 83, 183, 281 and 81 also traverse the state.

South Dakota is not served by Amtrak passenger rail.

Get around

Because South Dakota is rather sparsely populated and little mass transit is available, most residents and visitors use the state's roads and highways to travel from place to place.

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Do

Eat

Drink

Stay safe

The eastern part of South Dakota is in Tornado Alley so might want to check the Tornado safety page if you are visiting South Dakota.

Get out

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