Custer, South Dakota: The Heart of the Black Hills

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  • Опубликовано: 4 фев 2025

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  • @kenpatton8761
    @kenpatton8761 Год назад +21

    Used to live there back in the mid 70‘s. Now I visit every year from Oregon. Tip for Custer State Park‘s Wildlife Loop…bring a 10lb bag of carrots for the donkey/burrows. Safer for them than bananas or chips. The Bakers Buns restaurant has great breakfasts and lunches. And may be the ONLY restaurant open on Sunday mornings if you happen to be there at that time. We always see more wildlife in the early mornings so we plan on being at the wildlife loop at 0700. And we only drive 20mph. Let the faster folks pass…you‘ll see way more! Don’t forget the see CrazyHorse Memorial, which is just outside Custer. For a size comparison the 4 busts of MT Rushmore together will fit on just the head of CrazyHorse. And you can walk out onto the arm of the carving! Cheers

    • @WereintheRockies
      @WereintheRockies  Год назад +2

      Thanks for sharing! We've written an article about visiting the Crazy Horse Memorial: wereintherockies.com/crazy-horse/

    • @loridavis5699
      @loridavis5699 Год назад +1

      You cant walk out on the arm. They are working on it…

  • @sandrapoole6393
    @sandrapoole6393 Год назад +5

    Just feel in love with this park. We're Aussies and visited in 2009. We went to the Custer stampede which was AWESOME!!! Dream of returning one day. Thanks for a great video and the memories.

    • @WereintheRockies
      @WereintheRockies  Год назад +1

      So cool. I've heard the Custer Stampede is great, glad you got to see it.

  • @ABKZ8
    @ABKZ8 Год назад +5

    Nice video, thanks for putting it together!

  • @loganolson8764
    @loganolson8764 2 года назад +4

    I live there and it is the best town in the black hills

  • @nicolemyers4584
    @nicolemyers4584 2 года назад +2

    Can’t wait. We’ll be here four days July of 2023.

  • @tompekarna
    @tompekarna Год назад +3

    Well done, as a resident of Custer i find your synopsis to be well balanced and smoothly filmed. I moved here for all the reasons you listed and no mosquitos, low taxes, milder winters then Minnesota .Sadly, All the burros which the CCC used during the construction of the Harney Peak (Black ElkPeak) Fire tower perished during a fire 3 years ago and have been replaced with imported stock.

  • @TravelTipsbyLaurie
    @TravelTipsbyLaurie Год назад +1

    Great job!

  • @TheMexicampers
    @TheMexicampers 2 года назад +4

    Thank you for sharing this! We are excited to go check those places out 😃

  • @susangrande8142
    @susangrande8142 Год назад +1

    Thank you for filming this! You hit some of my favorite places in the Hills here… 😍🙏

  • @fognnorway6471
    @fognnorway6471 Год назад +1

    Sure happy i live here.

  • @timbarnett3898
    @timbarnett3898 2 года назад +1

    I just sent this video on to my neighbor that was raised in Custer where his mom still lives! Thanks! He goes to Custer during Sturgis for High School Reunion!

  • @andrewmuhm8785
    @andrewmuhm8785 Год назад

    It’s nice to see it threw another perspective sense iv lived here my whole life

  • @samikshasapkota1315
    @samikshasapkota1315 2 года назад +2

    Great video. I have plan to visit there soon

  • @jameshazen1679
    @jameshazen1679 7 месяцев назад

    We were in Custer back in 1973. At that time the 1880's train came to Custer because they had some track problems from a wash out. Our children were small at the time and as we all took a nap in the afternoon and were awaken by the train whistle, what a great sound. My wife and I traveled to Idaho last year (2023) and going through SD never saw a single billboard for the 1880 train, must not ru in it anymore 😢

    • @WereintheRockies
      @WereintheRockies  7 месяцев назад +1

      No it’s running. We rode it this year again. They’ve refurbished a lot of cars - looks great

  • @freddunaway8580
    @freddunaway8580 Год назад +1

    Great Video, thanks.

  • @tommcl386
    @tommcl386 2 года назад +2

    Great video as always

  • @coastskyadventures2752
    @coastskyadventures2752 Год назад

    Will be at Custer state park late August. Can't wait. Getting excited. Going to try to get here early as possible.

  • @sharonsteigers4162
    @sharonsteigers4162 Год назад +1

    Well done.

  • @Orangeshebert
    @Orangeshebert 9 месяцев назад

    Thanks! Super practical and helpful information as always.

  • @lizallison324
    @lizallison324 2 года назад +1

    Another great video 👍

  • @luceradutton1963
    @luceradutton1963 2 года назад +3

    What a beautiful place ,wish I could live there someday and leave the rat race.

  • @tedecker3792
    @tedecker3792 2 года назад +1

    When I saw a buffalo as an adult, I thought they were smaller than I remembered. I remember seeing a taxidermied one in the museum in Pierre and it was huge! My mom reminded me I was six at the time.

    • @WereintheRockies
      @WereintheRockies  2 года назад +1

      Haha, yes, a buffalo to a six-year-old would be HUGE!

    • @timbarnett3898
      @timbarnett3898 2 года назад

      My neighbor in Colton Oregon raised buffalo. One day while I was visiting, but come up to fence, an reaches for it. Buffalo owner says, don't touch that fence, it holds buffalo in! But guy reached down an touched fence anyway! He got kicked back about 6 ft. I use to take my hair brush with me an buffalo remembered me an started coming to me when they saw me! But always careful around electric fences, esp. keeping buffalo in!

  • @reneecleveland4455
    @reneecleveland4455 2 года назад +2

    Harney peak is awesome

    • @WereintheRockies
      @WereintheRockies  2 года назад +1

      Harney Peak has been renamed Black Elk Peak and yes, it is awesome!

  • @dawnmgerner692
    @dawnmgerner692 3 года назад +3

    You folks need to visit during the yearly Buffalo Round Up in the Fall.

  • @terrybiddle7983
    @terrybiddle7983 Месяц назад

    Very nice video....!

  • @ShowMeAnAdventure
    @ShowMeAnAdventure 2 года назад +2

    Oh my goodness, this settles it. This is our next non-beach family vacation. Lol 😂 here in the Midwest we alternate between a beach vacation one year and a non-beach vacation in odd years for our family trips… I think our kids would really enjoy South Dakota in a couple years!

    • @WereintheRockies
      @WereintheRockies  2 года назад +1

      Oh, for sure. There’s nature and there’s fun things for the kids, like Bear Park and Reptile Zoo. We’ll do more videos and I’m finishing up my guide soon as well.

    • @allanhigby139
      @allanhigby139 2 года назад +2

      Palmer Gulch Koa at Hill city is a fun campground when you have kids with.

    • @WereintheRockies
      @WereintheRockies  2 года назад

      Wonderful! Thanks for the suggestion

    • @ShowMeAnAdventure
      @ShowMeAnAdventure 2 года назад

      @@allanhigby139 awesome, thanks!!

  • @susanfusuma6472
    @susanfusuma6472 2 года назад +1

    Thank you for such an informative video once again! We’ll be at Custer State Park this month, May 2022. Did you go to Wind Cave and Wall Drugs too?

    • @WereintheRockies
      @WereintheRockies  2 года назад

      Yes! They are all in the longer video on the black hills. Also, we will be putting out more videos on the black hills soon - I’m just finishing up my travel guide and audio tour for the black hills right now and then we’ll start making more videos!

    • @susanfusuma6472
      @susanfusuma6472 2 года назад

      @@WereintheRockies, yay, just in time for our trip too! Mahalo from Honolulu !

  • @captainstress
    @captainstress 2 года назад +1

    What time of year was your later video from? Apart from the rain/hail storm, it looked like nice weather.

  • @like2befishing197
    @like2befishing197 9 месяцев назад

    We were here last week, the general store has been replaced… still nice but very modern

  • @trishaking3690
    @trishaking3690 9 месяцев назад

    Yall are so cute!!!! How long do you think you should rent a sling shot for?

  • @dvferyance
    @dvferyance 2 года назад +1

    Are the black hills considered part of the Rockies?

    • @WereintheRockies
      @WereintheRockies  2 года назад +1

      No I don’t think so. They are older and more worn down

  • @JohnMaderal-nq8tf
    @JohnMaderal-nq8tf 11 месяцев назад

    Great video 👍🏼

  • @julieturner2751
    @julieturner2751 Год назад

    the founding fathers have good natchoes, i visited them in 2023

  • @haroldb5569
    @haroldb5569 Год назад

    Could you tell me what month did you visit SD?

    • @WereintheRockies
      @WereintheRockies  Год назад

      I don't remember which month but it was summer of 2021.

    • @haroldb5569
      @haroldb5569 Год назад

      @@WereintheRockies Thanks anyway 🙂

    • @haroldb5569
      @haroldb5569 Год назад

      @@WereintheRockies Thanks anyway 🙂

  • @rangerdoc1029
    @rangerdoc1029 7 месяцев назад

    10 years from now you'll want 2022 back. Trust me

  • @joelrudzinski6829
    @joelrudzinski6829 2 года назад +1

    Home

  • @AcidicSky
    @AcidicSky 2 года назад

    Swore I've seen this video already a year ago

  • @carlosphillips8447
    @carlosphillips8447 Год назад +1

    Those cowboys that took my money playing pool forgot to tell me about those no gambling laws

    • @SerErryk
      @SerErryk Год назад

      Gambling laws generally only apply in there is some form of rake from the house.

  • @Theguynextdoor00
    @Theguynextdoor00 6 месяцев назад

    Not ground squirrels. Prairie Dogs. Also known as a carrier of bubonic plague.

  • @jcoope77
    @jcoope77 4 месяца назад

    Was just there ..there is gambling

  • @KCSweet
    @KCSweet 2 месяца назад

    Wanted to watch but was driven away from the brain-numbing background synth “music”.

  • @AK47deejay
    @AK47deejay Год назад

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  • @Solaris_Paradox
    @Solaris_Paradox 10 месяцев назад

    White Cow Bull, South Dakota*