Rapid City Golf Guide

The Journey Museum, in Rapid City, turns the history of western South Dakota into a vibrant learning experience that most travelers will find interesting. Visitors begin their exploration in the Wells Fargo Theatre, where the 14-minute film provides an overview of the Black Hills and the nearby Badlands, displaying nature's beauty and the history of the people who have called this area home. Beginning with the native peoples and moving on to the gold miners, homesteaders and opportunity seekers who settled in the Black Hills, the film does an excellent job of detailing human life in the region.

Visitors to the Black Hills who prefer their attractions to be alive (and furry) should spend an afternoon at Bear Country U.S.A., eight miles south of Rapid City. Vehicles can drive through Bear Country's 250 acres of habitat while North American animals graze, lounge, frolic and growl. Species such as elk, reindeer, big horn sheep and rocky mountain goats roam the grounds, as do buffalo, wolves, coyotes, foxes, grizzly bears and the world's largest privately owned collection of American black bears.

While in the region, of course, visitors will almost certainly visit Mt. Rushmore, where American history is writ large. And when it's time to play golf, however, golfers should head to the course that Golfweek and Golf Digest named the best public course in the state in 2009, The Golf Club at Red Rock. Golfers can choose to play other courses in the region, but this is the one that they should not miss. Even the practice facility is first rate.

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