Pick Your Scenic Drive
Scenic Drives
Name of Drive
Description
Highlights
Where It Begins and Ends
Length In Miles
Website
Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway
Magnificent canyon with towering high walls and rushing creek
Bridal Veil and Roughlock Falls
great fall color
on hwy 14a south of Spearfish
22
605/722-4802
Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway
Drive dramatic switchbacks of Iron Mountain Road and Needles Highway (SD87)
natural and man made wonders
great views of Mount Rushmore
pigtail wooden trestle bridges
on hwy 16A east of Custer
69
605/255-4515
Wildlife Loop Road
open grasslands and pine speckles hills
bison ,pronghorn, whitetail and mule deer, elk, coyotes, burros and prairie dogs plus a variety of birds
hwy 16A within Custer State Park
18
605/255-4515
Badlands and Black Hills
drive along gorgeous rolling prairies and twisting mountain roads
Deadwood
Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse Memorial
Cactus Flats to Spearfish
120
800/732-5682
Badlands Loop Scenic Byway
amazing buttes, cliffs and colored spires of the badlands
big badlands overlook
door window and notch trail
Cactus Flats on Sd hwy 240 to Wall
38 miles one way or 58 miles loop
800/732-5682