Again, see Rapid City. Take S. D. 40 through the beautiful Spring Creek valley to Sheridan and Hill City, and then back to Keystone, or you might go directly to Keystone. The roads might be rather rough. At Keystone see Keystone Consolidated Mines, Etta Mine, Juga Mine and a mica mine. Then see Rushmore mountain. Return to Hill City, or the mine trip may be left out. From Hill City take the road to Sylvan Lake. Here see the Lake and the Gorge. Climb Harney Peak, the highest point east of the Rocky Mountains. From Sylvan Lake take the Needles Highway twenty-seven miles, and double back over S. D. 36 to Custer. On the way you see the Tallent monument, and to the right a few paces the Gordon Stockade. See Jewell Cave, gold discovery monument, rose quartz mounted in masonry and the big log cabin and the museum. Take S. D. 36 through Galena, the Game Lodge and Hermosa, to Rapid City. In Hermosa see the church Pres. Coolidge attended.
If the roads are bad take S. D. 79 from the East end of main street when leaving Rapid City, instead of S. D. 40 to the west. Thus you see Hermosa, and President Coolidge’s little church, the Game Lodge, Custer and Sylvan Lake in reverse order, and then double back over the same route when returning.
4. Southern Hills.
Take S. D. 79 through Hermosa, Game Lodge and Galena. Leave 79 and take S. D. 81 south past Mt. Coolidge to Wind Cave. Go through this. Drive on to Hot Springs. See Cascade Springs and Cascade Falls. Ask the way at any filling station. See the petrified wood and petrified moss over the track east of the Municipal Camp. Take some of it with you. See Evans camp, and swim in Evans Plunge before you leave. Visit the old soldiers’ home. Take the same route back, or go west to Custer when you reach S. D. 36, and from there take in the Needles, Sylvan Lake, Harney Peak, Hill City, and Sheridan, thence back to Rapid City.
Make it as intensive a trip as your time will permit. If the time is limited some of the places must be left out.
If you wish, you may take the trip through the most interesting places by motor bus. These busses leave Rapid City at short intervals, and their trip is really enjoyable.
DRIVING DISTANCE FROM RAPID CITY
| Blackhawk | 16 | N. W. | 7 | |
| Piedmont | 16 | ” | 14 | |
| Crystal Cave | 16 | ” | 22 | |
| Tilford | 16 | ” | 28 | |
| Sturgis | 16 | ” | 30 | |
| Whitewood | 16 | ” | 38 | |
| Spearfish | 16-85 | ” | 51 | |
| Belle Fourche | 16-85 | ” | 64 | |
| Newell | 16 | ” | 62 | |
| Deadwood | 16 | Boulder | ” | 43 |
| Lead | 16 | Canyon | ” | 46 |
| Box Elder | 16 | East | 10 | |
| Underwood | 16 | ” | 22 | |
| Scenic | 40 | S. E. | 55 | |
| Interior | 40 | ” | 70 | |
| Pactola | 85 | West | 25 | |
| Hermosa | 70 | South | 21 | |
| Buffalo Gap | 79 | ” | 50 | |
| Hot Springs | 79 | ” | 63 | |
| Edgemont | 79-85 | ” | 96 | |
| State Lodge | 79-36 | ” | 35 | |
| Pringle | 79-36-85 | ” | 55 | |
| Sylvan Lake | 85 | ” | 52 | |
| Custer | 79-36 | ” | 42 | |
| Keystone | S. W. | 27 | ||
| Hill City | 40-85 | ” | 28 | |
| Rushmore | ” | 30 | ||
| Phillip | 16 | East | 93 | |