Self-Guided Audio Driving Tour in Black Hills and Mt Rushmore in Wyoming booking from $12.99

Self-Guided Audio Driving Tour in Black Hills and Mt Rushmore

Overview

Don't miss a thing as our Audio Driving Tour takes you on 3 incredible self-guided routes through the Black Hills mountains, canyons and forests, unique rock formations in Badlands National Park, the gigantic carvings at Mount Rushmore and wildlife spotting in Custer State Park.

You'll hear fascinating behind-the-scenes stories, local tips and directions that plays automatically as you drive along the routes.

And enjoy the freedom to explore offline at your own pace; spending more time at places that interest you, and bypass any that don’t.

✅ Stories, tips and directions play automatically based on your location
✅ Travel at your own pace
✅ Tours work offline using GPS, no cell service or WiFi needed
✅ Suggested itineraries for half, full or multi day use
✅ No time limits or expiry, free updates

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City: Wyoming

Mon 24 Feb

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What's Included

Freedom to explore at your own pace

Email, chat and call support

Ability to design your own itinerary based on your time and interests

In-App travel tips, tour planning advice and suggested itineraries

Guide App & Black Hills, Rushmore & Badlands Audio Tours

Stories, tips and directions that play automatically based on your location

Additional Info

Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Please follow current State and National Park guidelines.

What To Expect

The Black Hills

As the audio guides play commentary based on your gps location, you can create your own itinerary along the tour route(s) to match your interests and schedule. Or you can use our trip planners for our suggestions on half, full or multi day itineraries. Some of the many highlights are listed below;

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

The most famous and recognizable memorial celebrating the nationhood of the USA must be the 4 presidential faces that look out from Mount Rushmore. Though you will have seen it many times depicted on TV, movies and photos, there is no equivalent to seeing it with your own eyes and feeling the scale and depth of the sculpture.

Custer State Park

Take a leisurely drive through an enormous area of natural habitat of rolling prairie hills with open grasslands and some pine forest. Though the drive is officially only 18-miles long, expect to spend at least 1 hour, but if you enjoy spotting wildlife, its easy to spend 3 or more hours watching. Also explore some of the side roads that branch off the main route.

Devils Tower National Monument

Devils Tower was always a place of intrigue and fascination since it became the nation's first National Monument. For a multitude of generations before that, and continuing to this day, Native Americans celebrate the site for its spiritual importance. The Tower was thrust into pop culture in the 1970's sci-fi classic as the geographical star of Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

Badlands National Park

Western South Dakota delivers a wide variety of spectacular landscapes ranging from the prairies grassland and rock formations of the Badlands National Park, through to the mountains, canyons and forests of the Black Hills for you to explore.

Crazy Horse Memorial

In 1948, Sioux Chief Henry Standing Bear approached a Polish sculptor about creating another larger than life sculpture on Thunderhead Mountain - this time celebrating Sioux and other Northern Plains native groups through a depiction of Crazy Horse.

Keystone

Once a mining boom town, Keystone today is the nearest community to Mount Rushmore. It is filled with hotels, restaurants, cafes and stores to find your perfect Mount Rushmore souvenir.

Rapid City

The hub of the three best scenic drives in this part of South Dakota is Rapid City and it is the ideal place to base your accommodations, and to do some exploring in this lively town.

Sylvan Lake

Located along route 87, Sylvan Lake is described as the Jewel of Custer State Park. If time allows, it's very worthwhile to allocate 45 minutes or so to enjoy the relatively easy 1.1 mile trail around the lake. The combination of grassy shores, still lake water and granite formations rising from the water are truly scenic. For more dedicated and prepared hikers, this is also the starting point for the Black Elk Peak trail, a 7 mile loop that rises 1100 feet to South Dakota's highest point.

Iron Mountain Road

The final 45 minute approach of the recommended direction to Mount Rushmore follows the amazing Iron Mountain Road. We'll encounter tunnels, pigtail bridges, superb lookouts and 314 curves. It is a scenic delight! The most magical moment of the drive is the view through the Scovel Tunnel where 4 presidential faces greet you at the other end, like a postcard.

Bridal Veil Falls

This 60 foot, narrow, wispy spray of water sits right beside the road in Spearfish Canyon. It's easy to capture that perfect photo right from the viewing platform.

Deadwood

One of the most famous wild-west towns in the entire country - Deadwood became legendary for it's gold rush boom and the multitude of characters who we recognize to this day.

Roughlock Falls State Nature Area

From the tiny ex-sawmill town of Savoy on the Spearfish Canyon Road, Roughlock Falls is an easy and popular spot to visit with an attractive waterfall easily accessed by boardwalk. Extend your visit with a 1 mile stream-side walking trail to the falls from the Spearfish Lodge.

Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway

Spearfish Canyon is a superb 19 mile stretch of road with stunning waterfalls and 1000 foot high limestone walls. This scenic drive connects the town of Spearfish with Savoy and Cheyenne Crossing, following the Spearfish Creek all the way.

Badlands Wall

At different times during the drive through the Badlands, we will pass through the Upper and Lower Prairie. The barrier that separates these 2 levels is known as the Wall.

Door Trail

The 3/4 mile Door Trail is the most popular as you follow a boardwalk until reaching a notch in the rock - the Door. Through the Door, hikers can venture into the amazing rock formations, characteristic of the Badlands. The shorter option is known as the Window Trail, just 1/4 mile long.

Fossil Exhibit Trail

This easy 0.25 mile boardwalk is dedicated to the stories of fossils that have been found throughout the park. During its history, what is now the park has experienced perfect conditions leading to animal, plant and insect life forms to be quickly buried in silt of mud. When these events are timed just right, bones, teeth and shells especially are preserved to provide us a window to past times. Fossil finds are active to this day.

Minuteman Missile National Historic Site

For a complete change of theme in the Badlands, there is an opportunity to experience an important location from the Cold War arms race era. The Minuteman Missile Visitor Center serves as a museum and an opportunity to visit now decommissioned nuclear missile silos and control centers.

Roberts Prairie Dog Town

The Roberts Prairie Dog Town on Sagecreek Rim Rd at the western end of Badlands is the perfect place to watch a whole community of these fun creatures doing their thing. As we approach, there are many stories and tips of unique behavior to watch out for. The more time you have available to simply stay and watch, the more you will enjoy how the town works together.

Yellow Mounds Overlook

One of the best vistas in Badlands National Park, the view from this overlook reveals classic buttes and erosion. The unique coloring in bands across these mounds, ranges from yellow and beige through to pink. The formation originated as black, ocean mud which has weathered through exposure to air into this highly photographic yellow display.

Needles Highway

A fantastic section of the Black Hills driving loop takes us on an enjoyable winding route through beautiful terrain and impressive rock formations.

Wind Cave National Park

These 2 cave systems are incredible and if you have time in your itinerary, should not be missed. Both locations require driving on side trips off the Black Hills Loop tour route. If you follow the loop, the commentary will include descriptions of where to turn off for these these places, and details of how to visit. Simply return to the tour route when you are done.

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Reviews (33)

Cecil_G

Jun 2022

Bison in Custer State Park were phenomenal. We came for Mount Rushmore but enjoyed the Badlands and Devil’s Tower more. The commentary and directions were excellent. We really liked being on a quality tour that we could take our own time.

Response from Host

Jul 2022

Hi Cecil, aren't the bison simply incredible? We're so glad you got a chance to see them, and that you enjoyed the tour through the Black Hills so much. We hope you'll join us on another tour soon.

Emilee H

Jun 2022

Terrible experience, I will never make a purchase through Viator or TripAdvisor, again! Could not access my purchase despite reading through and following their email acknowledging my purchase with supposed directions. Was refused a refund. Could not reach any customer service directly during business hours, left a message and they returned my call with a message that my name was not listed under any purchases. However, the app itself is awesome and I highly recommend it for self guided tours of anywhere they offer them. We’ve tried multiple tours since our first purchase and would have missed out on so much neat info, turns and stops! Purchase DIRECTLY through Gypsy Tour in the App Store, don’t make the mistake I did!!

Response from Host

Jun 2022

Hi Emilee So glad you enjoyed the actual tour experience with us. As this is a review that reflects the tour experience and not the process with Viator, we'd really appreciate if you could update your rating. We can direct you a better place to provide feedback to Viator. (And know you can also buy tour and bundles from our website, which eliminates all the 'middlemen' and has you supporting us direct). Happy and safe travels. GG

Jm J

Jun 2022

It wouldn't download. Tech support didn't answer the phone. Went directly to the makers website. Had to buy it again. Then I was able to use it

Response from Host

Jun 2022

Hi Jim Interested to hear more about your experience and where we might be able to improve the instructions as the download process is the same. And of course once you've experienced the audio tour we hope you can come back and update. Please contact us via our toll free, online chat or email.

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Self-Guided Audio Driving Tour in Black Hills and Mt Rushmore

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