Keystone

Keystone is a tiny town in the Badlands and Black Hills region of South Dakota. It is notable as the nearest site to popular Mount Rushmore National Memorial that has full accommodations for the traveler, although they are achieved at the price of a "tourist trap" veneer.

See

• 1 Rushmore Borglum Story, 342 Winter St, ☏ +1 605 666-4448, borglum@mt-rushmore.net. (updated Feb 2019)
• 2 Keystone Historical Museum, 410 3rd St, ☏ +1 605 666-4494. (updated Feb 2019)

Do

• 1 Rushmore Tramway Adventures, 203 Cemetery Rd., ☏ +1 605 666-4478. 
• 2 Big Thunder Gold Mine, 604 Blair St., ☏ +1 605 666-4847. (updated Dec 2017)
• 3 1880 Train (Black Hills Central Railroad), ☏ +1 605 574-2222. (updated Feb 2019)

Sleep

• 1 K Bar S Lodge, 434 Old Hill City Road (Less than ¹⁄₃ mi (0.54 km) from Keystone on old Hill City road), ☏ +1 605 6664545, toll-free: +1-866-522-7724, info@kbarslodge.com. Congenial atmosphere, rooms (most of them) with spectacular views, fine food and good drink are part of the attraction of this bar and lodge. 

Go next

• Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Routes through Keystone

Buffalo ← Custer ←

W  E

→ Rapid City → END