South Dakota Travel Guide

South Dakota is an American state on the Great Plains.

South Dakota Travel Guide - Regions

* Southeast -- More settled
* Glacial Lakes -- North east corner
* Great Lakes -- Central area bordering the Missouri river
* Badlands and Black Hills -- Western quarter of the state

South Dakota Travel Guide - 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.
* Deadwood -- A national historic landmark.
* 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. Home of the Mitchell Prehistoric Indian Village.
* 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.

South Dakota Travel Guide - Other Destinations

* Badlands National Park
* Black Hills National Forest
* Chief Crazy Horse Memorial A mountain which is to be the worlds largest statue. Decades-long, generations-long project near Custer, SD.
* Jewel Cave National Monument
* Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail
* Minuteman Missile National Historic Site
* Missouri National Recreational River
* Mount Rushmore National Memorial
* Wind Cave National Park A park is named for its sacred cave who's air which is either sucked in or blown out depending on atmospheric conditions.

South Dakota Travel Guide - Understand

Include National Wildlife Refuges in this section as well, Lacreek, Sand Lake, Waubay, Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuges.

South Dakota Travel Guide - Getting There

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.

South Dakota Travel Guide - Getting 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.

South Dakota Travel Guide - Transportation

South Dakota license plates are numbered by county, with the first digit referring to the county of origin. Such a numbering system allows one to easily determine where the vehicle was registered. Counties 1– 9 are ranked, roughly, by population., and counties 10 – 67 are numbered alphabetically.

South Dakota Travel Guide - 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.

Article Source: Wikipedia