Custer, South Dakota: The Heart of the Black Hills

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Chapters
0:00 Custer, SD
2:10 Custer State Park
2:46 Wildlife Loop
4:47 Needles Highway
7:17 Sylvan Lake
9:25 Black Elk Peak
11:38 Iron Mountain Road

[kenpatton]

Used to live there back in the mid 70‘s. Now I visit every year from Oregon. Tip for Custer State Park‘s Wildlife Loop…bring a 10lb bag of carrots for the donkey/burrows. Safer for them than bananas or chips. The Bakers Buns restaurant has great breakfasts and lunches. And may be the ONLY restaurant open on Sunday mornings if you happen to be there at that time. We always see more wildlife in the early mornings so we plan on being at the wildlife loop at 0700. And we only drive 20mph. Let the faster folks pass…you‘ll see way more! Don’t forget the see CrazyHorse Memorial, which is just outside Custer. For a size comparison the 4 busts of MT Rushmore together will fit on just the head of CrazyHorse. And you can walk out onto the arm of the carving! Cheers

[loganolson]

I live there and it is the best town in the black hills

[sandrapoole]

Just feel in love with this park. We're Aussies and visited in 2009. We went to the Custer stampede which was AWESOME!!! Dream of returning one day. Thanks for a great video and the memories.

[nicolemyers]

Can’t wait. We’ll be here four days July of 2023.

[ABKZ]

Nice video, thanks for putting it together!

[tompekarna]

Well done, as a resident of Custer i find your synopsis to be well balanced and smoothly filmed. I moved here for all the reasons you listed and no mosquitos, low taxes, milder winters then Minnesota .Sadly, All the burros which the CCC used during the construction of the Harney Peak (Black ElkPeak) Fire tower perished during a fire 3 years ago and have been replaced with imported stock.

[timbarnett]

I just sent this video on to my neighbor that was raised in Custer where his mom still lives! Thanks! He goes to Custer during Sturgis for High School Reunion!

[luceradutton]

What a beautiful place, wish I could live there someday and leave the rat race.

[andrewmuhm]

It’s nice to see it threw another perspective sense iv lived here my whole life

[TheMexicampers]

Thank you for sharing this! We are excited to go check those places out 😃

[susangrande]

Thank you for filming this! You hit some of my favorite places in the Hills here… 😍🙏

[jameshazen]

We were in Custer back in 1973. At that time the 1880's train came to Custer because they had some track problems from a wash out. Our children were small at the time and as we all took a nap in the afternoon and were awaken by the train whistle, what a great sound. My wife and I traveled to Idaho last year (2023) and going through SD never saw a single billboard for the 1880 train, must not ru in it anymore 😢

[samikshasapkota]

Great video. I have plan to visit there soon

[dawnmgerner]

You folks need to visit during the yearly Buffalo Round Up in the Fall.

[jodyaarhus]

Appreciated this video big time! Thank you!

[tedecker]

When I saw a buffalo as an adult, I thought they were smaller than I remembered. I remember seeing a taxidermied one in the museum in Pierre and it was huge! My mom reminded me I was six at the time.

[Orangeshebert]

Thanks! Super practical and helpful information as always.

[coastskyadventures]

Will be at Custer state park late August. Can't wait. Getting excited. Going to try to get here early as possible.

[ShowMeAnAdventure]

Oh my goodness, this settles it. This is our next non-beach family vacation. Lol 😂 here in the Midwest we alternate between a beach vacation one year and a non-beach vacation in odd years for our family trips… I think our kids would really enjoy South Dakota in a couple years!

[divkatti]

Love your videos and used them as guide to plan quite a few trips.

If we have only one day in the park and do not have time to do all three scenic drives, which one do you recommend we skip?