Memorial Park

Memorial Park: 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 monument: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Memorial Park

Season: Year-round, evenings.

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 Memorial Park — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.93171, -103.56185. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Memorial Park

• Black Hills Institute · museum · Pennington · ~1 km · Must-see
• Black Elk Peak · viewpoint · Pennington · ~10 km · Must-see
• Horse Thief Lake Dam · lake · Pennington · ~10 km · Must-see
• Sylvan Lake · lake · Custer · ~12 km · Must-see
• Black Elk Wilderness · sanctuary · Pennington · ~12 km · Must-see
• Sheridan Lake Dam · lake · Pennington · ~13 km · Must-see
• Mount Rushmore · sanctuary · Pennington · ~13 km · Must-see
• Needles Eye Tunnel · viewpoint · Custer · ~13 km · Must-see
• Lincoln Borglum Visitor Center · museum · Pennington · ~13 km · Must-see
• Crazy Horse Memorial · fort · Custer · ~15 km · Must-see
• Iron Mountain · viewpoint · Pennington · ~16 km · Must-see
• Odakota Mountain · viewpoint · Pennington · ~19 km · Must-see
• Lakota Dam · lake · Custer · ~20 km · Must-see
• Pactola Reservoir Recreation Area · lake · Pennington · ~20 km · Must-see
• Bear Mountain · viewpoint · Pennington · ~20 km · Must-see
• 1881 Courthouse · museum · Custer · ~23 km · Must-see
• Sitting Bull Crystal Caverns · cave · Pennington · ~26 km · Must-see
• Custer State Park · sanctuary · Custer · ~28 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Memorial Park

Other parks near Memorial Park

• Storybook Island · park · Pennington · ~36 km · Must-see
• Dinosaur Park · park · Pennington · ~37 km · Must-see
• Evans Plunge · park · Fall River · ~69 km
• Washington Park · park · Crook · ~104 km
• Wall City Park · park · Pennington · ~133 km
• Delta-09 · park · Pennington · ~140 km
• Warbonnet Battlefield · park · Sioux · ~141 km
• Cody-Yellowhand Battlefield · park · Sioux · ~141 km
• Center of the Nation Roadside Park · park · Butte · ~145 km
• Jim Lewis Park · park · Pennington · ~1 km

All parks in South Dakota

Frequently asked