Red Gulch

Red Gulch: 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 Red Gulch

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 Red Gulch — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.30553, -103.55714. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Red Gulch

• Angostura Dam · lake · Fall River · ~13 km · Must-see
• The Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, SD · museum · Fall River · ~18 km · Must-see
• Wind Cave National Park · cave · Custer · ~40 km · Must-see
• Fuson Canyon · viewpoint · Custer · ~44 km · Must-see
• Cicero Peak · viewpoint · Custer · ~52 km · Must-see
• Oglala National Grassland · sanctuary · Sioux · ~59 km · Must-see
• Toadstool Geologic Park · sanctuary · Fall River · ~61 km · Must-see
• Custer State Park · sanctuary · Custer · ~61 km · Must-see
• 1881 Courthouse · museum · Custer · ~64 km · Must-see
• Jewel Cave National Monument · cave · Custer · ~65 km · Must-see
• Hudson-Meng Bison Kill · fort · Fall River · ~66 km · Must-see
• Sourdough Draw · viewpoint · Custer · ~70 km · Must-see
• Crazy Horse Memorial · fort · Custer · ~74 km · Must-see
• Needles Eye Tunnel · viewpoint · Custer · ~74 km · Must-see
• Cascade Falls Picnic Ground · waterfall · Fall River · ~2 km
• Horseshoe Bend · viewpoint · Fall River · ~2 km
• Flagpole Mountain · viewpoint · Fall River · ~3 km
• J.H. Keith Cascade Springs Picnic Ground · waterfall · Fall River · ~4 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Red Gulch

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Red Gulch

• Fuson Canyon · viewpoint · Custer · ~44 km · Must-see
• Cicero Peak · viewpoint · Custer · ~52 km · Must-see
• Sourdough Draw · viewpoint · Custer · ~70 km · Must-see
• Needles Eye Tunnel · viewpoint · Custer · ~74 km · Must-see
• Red Shirt Table · viewpoint · Oglala Lakota · ~78 km · Must-see
• Iron Mountain · viewpoint · Pennington · ~78 km · Must-see
• Black Elk Peak · viewpoint · Pennington · ~78 km · Must-see
• Bear Mountain · viewpoint · Pennington · ~81 km · Must-see
• Sowbelly Canyon · viewpoint · Fall River · ~81 km · Must-see
• Odakota Mountain · viewpoint · Pennington · ~88 km · Must-see

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