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Custer

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Custer is a city in the Southern Black Hills Badlands and Black Hills. The city lines were laid out by the notorious Al Swearengen who was portrayed in the popular HBO series, Deadwood. Custer was the first city in the Black Hills.

Travel to Custer & Visa Requirements

Located in the Southern Black Hills - Hwy 385.

Custer attractions and sightseeing

  • Wind Cave, (Wind Cave National Park is located 6 miles north of Hot Springs, SD. The Visitor Center is 11 miles north of Hot Springs on U.S. Route 385.), [1]. One of the world's longest and most complex caves and 28,295 acres of mixed-grass prairie, ponderosa pine forest, and associated wildlife are the main features of the park. The cave is well known for its outstanding display of boxwork, an unusual cave formation composed of thin calcite fins resembling honeycombs. The park's mixed-grass prairie is one of the few remaining and is home to native wildlife such as bison, elk, pronghorn, mule deer, coyotes, and prairie dogs.
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    This page was last edited at 21:43, on 30 June 2008 by Shawn Werner. Based on work by PB and Rainy, Wikitravel user(s) Morph and Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel.

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