• 7:30 a.m. - Check in at Fort Hays Dances with Wolves Film Set. Eat the “All You Can Eat” Cowboy Breakfast at our Chuckwagon.
• 8:50 a.m. - Board coach at Fort Hays Dances With Wolves Film Set Your all day driver narrated tour begins with stops at:
  • Mount Rushmore - We’ll spend at least 1 hour visiting Mount Rushmore. There is plenty of time to see all the park has to offer including the sculptor’s studio & the Lincoln Borglum Museum.
  • Iron Mountain Road - We’ll wind our way over the Peter Norbeck National Scenic Byway as it takes you over Iron Mountain through scenic tunnels and pigtail bridges. Bring your camera for potential Kodak moments here!
  • Custer State Park - Keep your camera ready and your eyes on the lookout for wildlife like buffalo, burrows, antelope, elk, and rocky mountain bighorn sheep. We’ll stop when it’s safe.
  • State Game Lodge - Our lunch stop is the presidential summer white house to former president Calvin Coolidge. Here you can purchase lunch from a menu or buffet. Try the buffalo soup!
  • Needles Highway - We continue through Custer State Park up Needles Highway passing through scenic tunnels and by scenic overlooks. Check your camera, there are great pictures here!
  • Sylvan Lake - Stop for pictures at the spectacular man-made lake located at the bottom of Harney Peak.
  • Crazy Horse Mountain & Memorial - Staying for at least 1 hour we’ll visit the largest mountain carving in the world. You can visit the memorial and museums and learn much about the sculptor Korzak Ziolkowski in his home studio museum.
• 5:30 p.m. - Return to Fort Hays Dances With Wolves Film Set
• 6:30- 8:15 p.m. - Fort Hays Chuckwagon Supper & Cowboy Music Show - Supper bell rings calling everyone to the feed line where the cowboys serve up your Chuckwagon supper on a tin plate and serve your drinks in a tin cup!
  
  After supper the Fort Hays Wranglers take the stage for more than an hour of music and comedy that will have your toe tappin’, foot stompin’ and your belly shakin’ with good times. Bring your camera and take pictures!

SmartAlec's are GPS self-paced adventure guides for your trip in the Black Hills. The built in GPS knows where you are as you travel and tells you stories, history, upcoming attractions information and suggests directions related to your exact location.

Rent a SmartAlec guide and take yourself on an adventure to places like Mount Rushmore, Custer State Park, Crazy Horse Memorial, Wind Cave National Park and many other attractions on the Blue, Red, Yellow and Purple routes. Visit the Northern Black Hills with places like, Deadwood, SD, and beautiful Spearfish Canyon, the Homestake Gold Mine, Sturgis, SD, Bear Butte State Park and more. Go at your own pace and your SmartAlec Adventure guide won't let you miss a thing!

There is a huge list of attractions, parks, trails, streams, and caves to visit in the Black Hills of South Dakota. SmartAlec guides work on most of the major highways as you travel around. We've helped develop 5-6 day trips with color-coded routes that will help you experience more. Add a SmartAlec to the mix and you'll see more, learn more, and have more adventures during your vacation.

• Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway - Yellow Route - 71 miles
  85+ SmartAlec tour comments and stories
  The Yellow route, or the Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway, is named one of the 10 Most Outstanding Byways in America. It raises, falls, bends and twists its way for a 71-mile trip around Harney Peak. Spend the entire day visiting Mount Rushmore, Custer State Park and Crazy Horse Memorial, PLUS wildlife up-close, scenic granite tunnels, picturesque lakes and mile high views!
• Central Black Hills - Orange Route - 78 miles
  65+ SmartAlec tour comments and stories
  This route is an excellent option for a family day trip with the kids. Including Mount Rushmore, there are more than 25 attractions ranging from outdoor animal parks to deep dark caves. There’s also lots of shopping and dining along the way as you pass through Keystone, Hill City, and Rapid City.
• Northern Black Hills - Blue Route - 83 miles
  50+ SmartAlec tour comments and stories
  Spearfish Canyon, the jewel of the Northern Black Hills. Find beautiful waterfalls, babbling creeks, and trails.
• Deadwood, the entire town is a National Historic Landmark and takes you back in time on its cobblestone streets and saloon facades.
• Lead, site of the Homestake Gold Mine, the largest gold mine in the western hemisphere until it closed in 2002.
• Sturgis, home of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, Sturgis Motorcycle Museum, Fort Meade, and Bear Butte State Park.
• Custer State Park Wildlife Loop - Red Route – 35 miles
  30+ SmartAlec tour comments and stories
  Follow the 35-mile wildlife loop in Custer State Park and you’re bound to find buffalo, antelope, coyotes, deer and even some barking prairie dogs.
• Southern Black Hills - Purple Route - 78 miles
  40+ Smartalec tour comments and stories
  This place is filled with natural hot springs, prehistoric mammoth digs, and wild horses. Wind Cave National Park is an easy drive from Custer State Park or Hot Springs. You'll find herds of buffalo and towns of prairie dogs inside the park. Visit Wind Cave, the 4th longest cave in the world!

Visit Hot Springs, SD, named an official 2009 Distinctive Destination. It is home to great attractions like the Mammoth Site, Evans Plunge, and the Wild Horse Sanctuary. Enjoy the sandstone architecture downtown.