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Located in Custer County, the park is South Dakota's first and largest state park, named after Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer. The park covers an area of over 71,000 acres (287 km 2) of varied terrain including rolling prairie grasslands and rugged mountains. [2] The park is home to a herd of 1,500 bison.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Custer County, South Dakota. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Custer County, South Dakota, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude ...
The Needles of the Black Hills of South Dakota are a region of eroded granite pillars, towers, and spires within Custer State Park. Popular with rock climbers and tourists alike, the Needles are accessed from the Needles Highway, which is a part of Sylvan Lake Road (SD 87/89).
South Dakota State Parks and recreation areas range in size from the 19-acre Sandy Shore Recreation Area to the 71,000-acre Custer State Park. It was the first park established in the system, in 1919. Good Earth State Park at Blood Run is the most recent park, added in 2013. System-wide visitation in 2016 was 7,500,000.
Sylvan Lake is a lake located in Custer State Park, in the Black Hills of South Dakota, United States. It was created in 1891 when Theodore Reder built a dam (the Sylvan Lake Water Dam) across Sunday Gulch Creek. [1] The lake area offers picnic places, rock climbing, small rental boats, swimming, and hiking trails.
Grace Coolidge Creek is a stream in Custer State Park, South Dakota, United States. [1] [2] A 5.8 mile (9.3 km) hiking trail follows the creek and ends at the Grace Coolidge Campground. [2] Grace Coolidge Creek has the name of First Lady Grace Coolidge, who paid a visit to South Dakota in 1927. [3]
South Dakota Highway 36 (SD 36) is an east–west state route located in southwest South Dakota. It begins at the junction of U.S. Route 16A on the eastern edge of Custer State Park, and ends at South Dakota Highway 79 just south of Hermosa. It is slightly over nine miles (14 km) in length.
Custer County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,318. [1] Its county seat is Custer. [2] The county was created in 1875, and was organized in 1877. [3] It was named after General George Armstrong Custer.