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South
Dakota Attractions
The primary attraction at Way Back Inn is its solitude.
Surrounded by the quite beauty and scenic views of National
Forest, we are insulated from the outside world. . .a
great place to get to know yourself again. However if
you are interested venturing out, you’ll find
the Black Hills attractions like Jewel
Cave, Wind
Cave Park, Mount
Rushmore, Custer
State Park and the Crazy
Horse Memorial are just minutes away. |
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Mount
Rushmore National Park information (click to go to web
site and plan your visit):The four figures
carved in stone on Mount Rushmore represent the first
150 years of American history. The birth of our nation
was guided by the vision and courage of George Washington.
Thomas Jefferson always had dreams of something bigger,
first in the words of the Declaration of Independence
and later in the expansion of our nation through the
Louisiana Purchase. Preservation of the union was paramount
to Abraham Lincoln but a nation where all men were free
and equal was destined to be. At the turn of the Twentieth
Century Theodore Roosevelt saw that in our nation was
the possibility for greatness. Our nation was changing
from a rural republic to a world power. The ideals of
these presidents laid a foundation for our nation as
solid as the rock from which their figures are carved.
Each man possessed great skills and leadership of the
brand our nation needed for the times. Today millions
of visitors come to see Mount Rushmore and gain inspiration
from these four great men. |
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Jewel
Cave National Park information (click to go to web site
and plan your visit): With more than 129
miles surveyed, Jewel Cave is recognized as the third
longest cave in the world. Airflow within its passages
indicates a vast area yet to be explored. Cave tours
provide opportunities for viewing this pristine cave
system and its wide variety of speleothems including
stalactites, stalagmites, draperies, frostwork, flowstone,
boxwork and hydromagnesite balloons. The cave is an
important hibernaculum for several species of bats.
Jewel Cave National Monument was established by Presidential
Proclamation on February 7, 1908. |
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Wind
Cave National Park information (click to go to web
site and plan your visit):
One
of the world's longest and most complex caves and
28,295 acres of mixed-grass prairie, ponderosa pine
forest, and associated wildlife are the main features
of the park. The cave is well known for its outstanding
display of boxwork, an unusual cave formation composed
of thin calcite fins resembling honeycombs. The park's
mixed grass prairie is one of the few remaining and
is home to native wildlife such as bison, elk, pronghorn,
mule deer, coyotes, and prairie dogs.
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Crazy
Horse Memorial. org information (click to go to web
site and plan your visit):
Crazy
Horse Memorial, the world’s largest sculpture,
now in progress, is located in the Black Hills of
South Dakota on US Highway 16/385 just 17 miles southwest
of Mount Rushmore. The work was begun in 1948 by sculptor
Korczak Ziolkowski at the request of Native Americans.
Korczak died in 1982. His wife Ruth and their family
continue the project working with the Crazy Horse
Memorial Foundation. |
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Custer
State Park information (click to go to web site and
plan your visit):
Custer
State Park in the Black Hills encompasses 71,000 acres
of spectacular terrain and an abundance of wildlife.
Within the park, you’ll discover a world of
adventure!
Favorite outdoor activities include hiking 7,242-foot
Harney Peak, mountain biking, horseback riding, rock
climbing, fishing, chuckwagon suppers and jeep rides
to see the bison.
The park boasts scenic drives such as the Needles
Highway (SD 87), which twists and turns its way past
towering rock formations and through narrow tunnels.
At the end of one tunnel stands the Needles Eye, a
granite spire with a slit only 3 to 4 feet wide but
reaching 30 to 40 feet in the air.
History and culture also abound. Walk the banks of
French Creek, where Custer’s expedition first
discovered gold in 1874. Take in a theater performance
at the Black Hills Playhouse. Or, visit the log cabin
that was home to Badger Clark, South Dakota’s
first poet laureate.
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