The little town of Custer is a popular tourist resort. Its particular attraction is Flintstone's Bedrock City, a theme park dedicated to dinosaurs and the Stone Age. The town also has the interesting National Museum of Woodcarving.
Custer (pop. 1,800) is the county seat of Custer County in the southwest part of the state.
Custer State Park can be toured on a drive along the Needles Highway, Wildlife Loop and Iron Mountain Road. The park offers a scenic landscape and much wildlife.
13 mi. west of Custer is the Jewel Cave National Monument, a karstic cave in which crystals of calcareous spar sparkle like jewels.
Currently at just over 147 miles long making Jewel Cave the second longest cave system in the world. Jewel Cave features sparkling calcite crystals, delicate strands of gypsum, and other cave formations. It contains large rooms strewn with boulders, tight crawlways, and dark fissures leading into the unkown.
Address: Jewel Cave National Monument, 11149 US Highway 16, Building B12, Custer, SD 57730-0060, United States
Phone: 1 (605) 673-8300, Fax: 1 (605) 673-8301
Hours:
8am-4:30pm
Always closed on: New Year's Day (January 1), Thanksgiving - USA (4th Thursday, November ), Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Tips: Closing times vary, with extended hours during the summer.
The Custer County Courthouse was built in 1880, a year before South Dakota became a state. Fifteen rooms display local history exhibits including Native American artifacts. An 1875 log cabin contains a pioneer home and a carriage house contains vintage vehicles.
Over 30 scenes created by an original animator of Disneyland, the Wooden Nickel Theater, a carving studio and gallery with works from 85 wood carvers are on display.
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