Old Car

Old Car: 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 fort: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Old Car

Season: October to February; carry water in summer.

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 Old Car — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.68977, -103.56597. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Old Car

• Cicero Peak · viewpoint · Custer · ~2 km · Must-see
• 1881 Courthouse · museum · Custer · ~11 km · Must-see
• Custer State Park · sanctuary · Custer · ~13 km · Must-see
• Wind Cave National Park · cave · Custer · ~20 km · Must-see
• Crazy Horse Memorial · fort · Custer · ~21 km · Must-see
• Needles Eye Tunnel · viewpoint · Custer · ~21 km · Must-see
• Sylvan Lake · lake · Custer · ~22 km · Must-see
• Black Elk Peak · viewpoint · Pennington · ~25 km · Must-see
• Black Elk Wilderness · sanctuary · Pennington · ~25 km · Must-see
• Sourdough Draw · viewpoint · Custer · ~26 km · Must-see
• Iron Mountain · viewpoint · Pennington · ~27 km · Must-see
• Jewel Cave National Monument · cave · Custer · ~27 km · Must-see
• Lakota Dam · lake · Custer · ~28 km · Must-see
• Lincoln Borglum Visitor Center · museum · Pennington · ~28 km · Must-see
• Mount Rushmore · sanctuary · Pennington · ~28 km · Must-see
• Horse Thief Lake Dam · lake · Pennington · ~30 km · Must-see
• Fuson Canyon · viewpoint · Custer · ~30 km · Must-see
• Bear Mountain · viewpoint · Pennington · ~31 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Old Car

Other forts & heritage near Old Car

• Crazy Horse Memorial · fort · Custer · ~21 km · Must-see
• Hotel Alex Johnson · fort · Pennington · ~64 km · Must-see
• Anna Miller Museum · fort · Weston · ~67 km · Must-see
• Weston County Courthouse · fort · Weston · ~68 km · Must-see
• Hudson-Meng Bison Kill · fort · Fall River · ~120 km · Must-see
• Vore Buffalo Jump · fort · Crook · ~132 km · Must-see
• Fort Robinson · fort · Fall River · ~142 km · Must-see
• Wounded Knee Massacre Site · fort · Oglala Lakota · ~144 km · Must-see
• State Highway 87 · fort · Custer · ~9 km
• Gordon Stockade Historical Site · fort · Custer · ~12 km

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