Bike tours in the USA › South Dakota
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Type:
Recreational, Mountain bike
Support:
Guided
Level:
Moderate
Lodging:
Deluxe, full board
Start:
South Dakota, Rapid City
The legendary Great Plains and Black Hills of South Dakota and are the perfect backdrop for your 6-day biking adventure. Pedal back roads through a sea of open prairie. Follow an abandoned railroad along the Mickelson Trail, traversing countless bridges and rock tunnels. Hike the base of Mount Rushmore, explore the Crazy Horse Monument and snap photos of bison, elk, sheep and prairie dogs on a ride along the aptly named Wildlife Loop in Custer State Park.
6 days
122 mi
$ 3,499.-
Type:
Road bike
Support:
Guided
Level:
Moderate
Lodging:
Deluxe, full board
Start:
South Dakota, Rapid City
From the Badlands to Mt. Rushmore - a bike tour through time. Seven days biking, hiking and soaking in hot springs and history.
From a road they said couldn't be built to Mt. Rushmore and Crazy Horse, this amazing tour is crammed full of amazing history, amazing stories and great big views. Visit more National Parks and Historic Sites than most other tours. Ride to Crazy Horse Memorial and Deadwood, home of Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane. Explore one of the world's largest caves. Ride to Devils Tower in Wyoming, famous for its role in the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Spring tour date bonuses: glorious wildflowers, plus sightings of buffalo calves, pronghorn kids and white-tail and mule deer fawns
7 days
285 mi
$ 3,940.-
Type:
Recreational, Road bike
Support:
Guided
Level:
Easy
Lodging:
Deluxe, full board
Start:
South Dakota, Rapid City
The George S. Mickelson Trail is one of the premier rail-trails in the West, rich with boom-and-bust gold mining history, American history and the sublime scenery of the Black Hills. Bike to Mt. Rushmore. Explore Deadwood, onetime home of Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane, and Crazy Horse Memorial. Visit one of the world’s largest caves and country’s biggest mammoth dig. Ride the whole Mickelson – along with a few fascinating side trips- on this 6-day bike tour. Perfect for those who prefer as little as traffic possible, eminently doable routes an terrific scenery, this tour packs a lot of wallop for the buck!
6 days
110 mi
$ 2,999.-
Type:
Road bike
Support:
Guided
Level:
Challenging
Lodging:
Deluxe, full board
Start:
Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota, Cody
Looking for an epic adventure? “ WYMODAK” stands for Wyoming- Montana-South Dakota! Start this tour in Cody and bike the chief Joseph Scenic Byway to Montana, then enjoy the challenging and magnificent Absaroka Beartooth Highway. Head east and visit Devils Tower before entering the Black Hills of South Dakota. Finish the tour with a day of riding in Badlands National Park before returning to Rapid City for flights home.
10 days
674 mi
$ 4,631.-
Cycling conditions
The state has funds available for bicycle education programs. On some roads there are obligatory bicycle lanes, which often have a limited width.
Landscape
South Dakota can be separated in an eastern and a western part by the north-south flowing Missouri River and a highland, the Coteau de Missouri. The eastern part is characterized by low hills and hundreds of lakes. The fertile black soil makes this part good farmland. The higher prairies in the west are a part of the Great Plains and more suitable for cattle breeding. In the far west are the forested Black Hills (part of the Rocky Mountains) and the beautiful eroded Badlands.
Climate
South Dakota has a typical continental climate with hot summers and cold winters. There is little rainfall.
