Black Hills Landscapes

Black Hills Landscapes are especially stunning in the autumn. Gold and orange leaves break up the brooding darkness of the dark green evergreens.

Special Black Hills Landscapes to explore

The Black Hills of South Dakota contain many special locations to explore. For instance, there is Custer State Park, which includes such gems as Sylvan Lake, Wildlife Loop, Needle’s Eye Road, and the Needle’s Eye rock formation.

In addition, you don’t want to miss the Iron Mountain Highway that runs for 17 miles from Custer State Park to Mount Rushmore National Memorial. (You can see photos in this post). These two roads (Needle’s Eye and Iron Mountain highways) make up the Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway.

And, there are two special underground attractions: Wind Cave National Park and Jewel Cave National Monument.

Photographs from the Black Hills

Afternoon clouds are reflected in the concentric rings radiating on Sylvan Lake in Custer State Park, South Dakota.

Clouds and granite rock formations are reflected in the still water of Sylvan Lake, with cattails in the foreground.

Red and blue canoes are nestled together on the shore of Sylvan Lake in custer State Park, South Dakota.

Colorful canoes await visitors to Sylvan Lake Day Use Area in Custer State Park, South Dakota.

A view from Sylvan Lake through a tunnel to the autumn trees in the distance.

Oil, water, and algae combine to create an abstract pattern below the dam spillway at Sylvan Lake in Custer State Park, South Dakota.

Stones have been thoughtfully placed along the shore of Sylvan Lake, leading to the dam overlook.

This is a closeup taken at the edge of Sylvan Lake in Custer State Park in South Dakota. It shows a triangle of pond scum surrounded by triangular granite boulders with a triangle of light intruding into the scum.

Water stains create abstract patterns on the dam spillway at Sylvan Lake in Custer State Park, South Dakota.

Golden leaves peek from behind granite formations at Sylvan Lake in Custer State Park, South Dakota.

The presidents of Mount Rushmore are nicely framed by one of several tunnels on the Iron Mountain Highway in the Black Hills National Forest of South Dakota.

A red Jeep Wrangler enters a tunnel on the Iron Mountain Highway with Mount Rushmore visible in the distance.

Autumn-colored trees and green pine trees are reflected in a stream along the Iron Mountain Highway in Black Hills National Forest in South Dakota.

George Washington is clearly visible on Mount Rushmore from a vantage point along Iron Mountain Road in Black Hills National Forest.

Various dripstone, popcorn, and chalcedony formations in Jewel Cave in Jewel Cave National Monument near Custer, South Dakota.

Various boxwork formations in Jewel Cave in Jewel Cave National Monument near Custer, South Dakota.

Afternoon clouds are reflected in the still waters of Sylvan Lake in Custer State Park near Custer, South Dakota.

Clouds almost obscure the afternoon autumn sun as it highlights a granite rock formation and causes the multi-colored foliage to reflect in the still waters of Sylvan Lake in Custer State Park in South Dakota.

The Needles Eye is a granite rock formation ourside a tunnel at the highest point along the Needles Highway in Custer State Park near Custer, South Dakota.

A classic Corvette comes through the tunnel near Need;es Eye on the Needles Eye Highway in Custer State Park near Custer, South Dakota.

This is a view across the Black Hills toward the Crazy Horse Memorial from Mount Coolidge Fire Tower near Custer, South Dakota.

Fall leaves on the trees refelct in a lake in the Black Hills of South Dakota near Custer.

This Canadian Thistle is lovely even though it is an invasive species. It was growing in a field at Sylvan Lake in Custer State Park, South Dakota.

Visitor’s information for the Black Hills

There are a lot of resources available on the Web to help you plan your visit. Here are a few of our favorites:

Custer State Park Website
Mount Rushmore
Crazy Horse Memorial
Jewel Cave National Monument
Wind Cave National Park

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Special Black Hills Landscapes to explore

Photographs from the Black Hills

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