Toe Gulch

Toe 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 Toe 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 Toe Gulch — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.77609, -103.68797. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Toe Gulch

• 1881 Courthouse · museum · Custer · ~9 km · Must-see
• Crazy Horse Memorial · fort · Custer · ~11 km · Must-see
• Sourdough Draw · viewpoint · Custer · ~11 km · Must-see
• Bear Mountain · viewpoint · Pennington · ~14 km · Must-see
• Jewel Cave National Monument · cave · Custer · ~16 km · Must-see
• Sylvan Lake · lake · Custer · ~16 km · Must-see
• Needles Eye Tunnel · viewpoint · Custer · ~17 km · Must-see
• Cicero Peak · viewpoint · Custer · ~19 km · Must-see
• Black Elk Peak · viewpoint · Pennington · ~20 km · Must-see
• Odakota Mountain · viewpoint · Pennington · ~22 km · Must-see
• Black Elk Wilderness · sanctuary · Pennington · ~23 km · Must-see
• Custer State Park · sanctuary · Custer · ~24 km · Must-see
• Black Hills Institute · museum · Pennington · ~25 km · Must-see
• Horse Thief Lake Dam · lake · Pennington · ~27 km · Must-see
• Mount Rushmore · sanctuary · Pennington · ~27 km · Must-see
• Lincoln Borglum Visitor Center · museum · Pennington · ~27 km · Must-see
• Iron Mountain · viewpoint · Pennington · ~28 km · Must-see
• Lakota Dam · lake · Custer · ~31 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Toe Gulch

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Toe Gulch

• Sourdough Draw · viewpoint · Custer · ~11 km · Must-see
• Bear Mountain · viewpoint · Pennington · ~14 km · Must-see
• Needles Eye Tunnel · viewpoint · Custer · ~17 km · Must-see
• Cicero Peak · viewpoint · Custer · ~19 km · Must-see
• Black Elk Peak · viewpoint · Pennington · ~20 km · Must-see
• Odakota Mountain · viewpoint · Pennington · ~22 km · Must-see
• Iron Mountain · viewpoint · Pennington · ~28 km · Must-see
• Fuson Canyon · viewpoint · Custer · ~47 km · Must-see
• Terry Peak · viewpoint · Lawrence · ~78 km · Must-see
• Red Shirt Table · viewpoint · Oglala Lakota · ~83 km · Must-see

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