Pleasant Valley

Pleasant Valley: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this viewpoint: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Pleasant Valley

Season: October to February for cool, clear air; July to September for mist and greenery.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Pleasant Valley — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.58470, -103.72520. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Pleasant Valley

• Cicero Peak · viewpoint · Custer · ~21 km · Must-see
• Jewel Cave National Monument · cave · Custer · ~23 km · Must-see
• Sourdough Draw · viewpoint · Custer · ~28 km · Must-see
• 1881 Courthouse · museum · Custer · ~28 km · Must-see
• Wind Cave National Park · cave · Custer · ~28 km · Must-see
• The Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, SD · museum · Fall River · ~33 km · Must-see
• Custer State Park · sanctuary · Custer · ~35 km · Must-see
• Crazy Horse Memorial · fort · Custer · ~36 km · Must-see
• Bear Mountain · viewpoint · Pennington · ~40 km · Must-see
• Sylvan Lake · lake · Custer · ~40 km · Must-see
• Needles Eye Tunnel · viewpoint · Custer · ~40 km · Must-see
• Fuson Canyon · viewpoint · Custer · ~41 km · Must-see
• Black Elk Peak · viewpoint · Pennington · ~44 km · Must-see
• Angostura Dam · lake · Fall River · ~44 km · Must-see
• Black Elk Wilderness · sanctuary · Pennington · ~45 km · Must-see
• Odakota Mountain · viewpoint · Pennington · ~47 km · Must-see
• Iron Mountain · viewpoint · Pennington · ~48 km · Must-see
• Lincoln Borglum Visitor Center · museum · Pennington · ~49 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Pleasant Valley

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Pleasant Valley

• Cicero Peak · viewpoint · Custer · ~21 km · Must-see
• Sourdough Draw · viewpoint · Custer · ~28 km · Must-see
• Bear Mountain · viewpoint · Pennington · ~40 km · Must-see
• Needles Eye Tunnel · viewpoint · Custer · ~40 km · Must-see
• Fuson Canyon · viewpoint · Custer · ~41 km · Must-see
• Black Elk Peak · viewpoint · Pennington · ~44 km · Must-see
• Odakota Mountain · viewpoint · Pennington · ~47 km · Must-see
• Iron Mountain · viewpoint · Pennington · ~48 km · Must-see
• Red Shirt Table · viewpoint · Oglala Lakota · ~83 km · Must-see
• Terry Peak · viewpoint · Lawrence · ~104 km · Must-see

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