Crazy Horse’s 85-foot head looks out over the Black Hills, but you need a place to rest your own (much smaller) head. Look no further than the nearby towns of Custer or Hill City. If traveling from Jewel Cave National Monument or Custer State Park, visitors find the town of Custer (4 miles away) a convenient place to stay near Crazy Horse Memorial. In the opposite direction, Hill City (9 miles away) sits between Crazy Horse and Mount Rushmore National Memorial. No matter where you stay, you’ll be near the world’s largest in-progress mountain carving and at the center of year-round Black Hills wilderness, history and activity.
Hotels & Motels
Custer and Hill City host brand-name hotels, bed-and-breakfasts, themed inns, roadside motels and cozy cabins — all within a 10-mile radius from Crazy Horse Memorial.
For example, Rock Crest Lodge & Cabins in Custer sits on a woodsy 10 acres that border the Black Hills National Forest, and offers newly remodeled lodge rooms and cabins (some with fireplaces, hot tubs and full kitchens), an outdoor pool, picnic area and playground. And just outside Custer sits the welcoming and beloved Bavarian Inn, a perfect match of quaint and comfortable. Just a short half-mile from Hill City’s Main Street, Newton Fork Ranch showcases eight fully furnished log cabins with morning views of whitetail deer grazing in a meadow. Custer State Park’s Sylvan Lake Lodge flaunts double-peaked wooden ceilings, hardwood floors and a stone fireplace beside a hillside forest of pine and spruce trees, with easy access to Sylvan Lake. Hunters, equestrians and naturalists enjoy Dakota Dream Bed & Breakfast & Horse Hotel in Custer for its horse barn, dedicated freezers for winter hunting season, cozy beds and location close to Custer and the George S. Mickelson Trail.
Campsites & RV Parks
Living the van life, car camping or traveling by RV? Lucky you. The Black Hills region is filled with campgrounds and RV parks, whether your travel plans warrant luxury accommodations, like glamping tents, traditional parks with hook-ups and electricity, or off-the-grid backcountry camping.
Custer’s Buffalo Ridge Camp Resort pairs luxury with 85 acres of unspoiled wilderness with deluxe cabins, glamping tents, luxury tipis, unique treehouses, RV hookups, tent sites and camping cabins. In Hill City, Rafter J Bar Ranch hosts six camping areas and a resort activity center separated by large meadows and shaded by ponderosa pines. Travelers seeking a horseback view of Crazy Horse find refuge at Bridle Ridge Horse and RV Camp. Outside of Hill City, Firehouse Campground & Cabins provides cabins, RV spaces and tent camping sites for campers who like their accommodations with a side of beer tasting (Firehouse Smokejumper Station winery and brewery is located on-site).
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