Red Rocks Park

Red Rocks 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 park: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Red Rocks 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 Red Rocks Park — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 44.02087, -103.28799. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Red Rocks Park

• Stavekirke Chapel · church · Pennington · ~4 km · Must-see
• Reptile Gardens · sanctuary · Pennington · ~4 km · Must-see
• Storybook Island · park · Pennington · ~8 km · Must-see
• Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help · church · Pennington · ~8 km · Must-see
• Sitting Bull Crystal Caverns · cave · Pennington · ~8 km · Must-see
• Dinosaur Park · park · Pennington · ~9 km · Must-see
• Hotel Alex Johnson · fort · Pennington · ~10 km · Must-see
• The Journey Museum · museum · Pennington · ~11 km · Must-see
• Sheridan Lake Dam · lake · Pennington · ~18 km · Must-see
• Pactola Reservoir Recreation Area · lake · Pennington · ~26 km · Must-see
• Lakota Dam · lake · Custer · ~26 km · Must-see
• Horse Thief Lake Dam · lake · Pennington · ~26 km · Must-see
• Mount Rushmore · sanctuary · Pennington · ~26 km · Must-see
• Lincoln Borglum Visitor Center · museum · Pennington · ~26 km · Must-see
• South Dakota Air and Space Museum · museum · Pennington · ~27 km · Must-see
• Iron Mountain · viewpoint · Pennington · ~27 km · Must-see
• Black Elk Wilderness · sanctuary · Pennington · ~30 km · Must-see
• Black Hills Institute · museum · Pennington · ~31 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Red Rocks Park

Other parks near Red Rocks Park

• Storybook Island · park · Pennington · ~8 km · Must-see
• Dinosaur Park · park · Pennington · ~9 km · Must-see
• Evans Plunge · park · Fall River · ~83 km
• Wall City Park · park · Pennington · ~105 km
• Delta-09 · park · Pennington · ~114 km
• Washington Park · park · Crook · ~120 km
• Delta-01 · park · Jackson · ~134 km
• Center of the Nation Roadside Park · park · Butte · ~140 km
• Cliffside Park · park · Pennington · ~5 km
• Braeburn Park · park · Pennington · ~5 km

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