Keystone, South Dakota

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Music in Keystone

Songs About Keystone

Sliding Down Mount Rushmore

Joe Weed

98%

"Sliding Down Mount Rushmore"

Carrying Your Love

David Morris

92%

"Mount Rushmore chilling"

Keystone

Empire Of The Sun

90%

"SONG TITLE: Keystone"

As They Did

Tyler Halverson

"And them faces they carved on the rocks that God made"

Dime Store Cowgirl

Kacey Musgraves

"And I felt really small under Mount Rushmore"

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History of Keystone

The Crazy Horse Memorial RoadyGoat

1948

In the Black Hills near Custer, carved into Thunderhead Mountain off Highway 16/385, the Crazy Horse Memorial has been slowly emerging from solid rock since 1948. Lakota elder Henry Standing Bear commissioned sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski to honor the heritage of North America's Native peoples; the first dynamite blast went off on June 3, 1948. The planned figure of the Oglala Lakota leader Crazy Horse on horseback is staggering in scale — designed to reach about five hundred sixty-three feet high and six hundred forty-one feet long. The face alone, completed and dedicated in 1998, stands roughly eighty-seven feet tall; for comparison, each presidential head at nearby Mount Rushmore is about sixty feet. The project takes no federal or state money and is still very much under construction, generations after it began.

10.6 mi away

City of Presidents RoadyGoat

In downtown Rapid City, the presidents are out walking the sidewalks. Life-size bronze statues of American presidents stand on nearly every street corner, the 'City of Presidents' project that began in 2000 after a local man, Don Perdue, noticed how people couldn't stop touching a temporary Lincoln statue outside the Hotel Alex Johnson. The first four, Washington, Adams, Reagan, and the elder Bush, went up that year, and the collection has grown to honor every president since, sculpted by six different artists across about five downtown blocks. The setting fits: Rapid City is the gateway to the Black Hills and Mount Rushmore, where four presidents are carved into granite about thirty miles southwest. So you can shake a bronze president's hand downtown, then go see four more sixty feet tall in the mountains. Few cities lean this hard into the office.

16.1 mi away

Mount Rushmore: Faces in the Granite

1927

Over fourteen years, sculptor Gutzon Borglum and 400 workers carved the sixty-foot faces of four presidents into the Black Hills granite, creating one of America's most iconic monuments.

Custer State Park: The Buffalo Roundup

1914

Established in 1914, Custer State Park protects 71,000 acres of Black Hills wilderness and maintains a herd of roughly 1,300 bison managed through an annual roundup that has become one of South Dakota's signature events.

9.6 mi away

Crazy Horse Memorial: The Mountain That Answers Rushmore

1948

Commissioned by Lakota elder Henry Standing Bear, the Crazy Horse Memorial has been under construction since 1948 — when complete, the 563-foot sculpture will be the largest in the world.

10.5 mi away

Things to Do in Keystone

historical 1.9 mi away

Mount Rushmore

Four presidents carved into a granite mountainside. America's most iconic landmark.

historical 10.7 mi away

Crazy Horse Memorial

A mountain carving bigger than Mount Rushmore. Still in progress since 1948.

Everything Near Keystone

13 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.

Mount Rushmore · 1.9 mi · Things to Do
Four presidents carved into a granite mountainside. America's most iconic landmark.
Mount Rushmore: Faces in the Granite · 1.9 mi · Historical
Over fourteen years, sculptor Gutzon Borglum and 400 workers carved the sixty-foot faces of four presidents into the Black Hills granite, creating one of America's most iconic monuments.
Mount Rushmore · 2.0 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Gutzon Borglum blasted away 450,000 tons of rock to create this colossal monument to American presidents. Borglum began sculpting Mount Rushmore in 1927. He envisioned a monumental sculpture of four U.S. presidents:…
Black Elk Peak · 5.6 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Imagine this peak as a sacred connection between earth and sky for generations of Lakota people. For them, Black Elk Peak wasn't just a mountain; it was the heart of their world. Named *Hinhan Kaga*, or 'Making of the…
Custer State Park: The Buffalo Roundup · 9.6 mi · Historical Marker
Established in 1914, Custer State Park protects 71,000 acres of Black Hills wilderness and maintains a herd of roughly 1,300 bison managed through an annual roundup that has become one of South Dakota's signature events.
Crazy Horse Memorial: The Mountain That Answers Rushmore · 10.5 mi · Historical
Commissioned by Lakota elder Henry Standing Bear, the Crazy Horse Memorial has been under construction since 1948 — when complete, the 563-foot sculpture will be the largest in the world.
The Crazy Horse Memorial · 10.6 mi
In the Black Hills near Custer, carved into Thunderhead Mountain off Highway 16/385, the Crazy Horse Memorial has been slowly emerging from solid rock since 1948. Lakota elder Henry Standing Bear commissioned sculptor…
Crazy Horse Memorial · 10.7 mi · Things to Do
A mountain carving bigger than Mount Rushmore. Still in progress since 1948.
Cassidy House (Rapid City, South Dakota) · 13.6 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Ever wonder what a house made of steel looks like? You're near one right now! The Cassidy House is a rare example of a Lustron home, a prefabricated steel house that was briefly popular after World War II. Founded by…
Dinosaur Park · 15.5 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Imagine spotting a T-Rex from your car window, not in a museum, but perched on a hilltop overlooking a city. That's Dinosaur Park. Back in 1936, Rapid City built this park to lure tourists heading to Mount Rushmore. The…
City of Presidents · 16.1 mi
In downtown Rapid City, the presidents are out walking the sidewalks. Life-size bronze statues of American presidents stand on nearly every street corner, the 'City of Presidents' project that began in 2000 after a…
Pap Madison Cabin · 16.1 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Ever wonder what the very first European settlers in the Black Hills called home? You're about to see it! This rustic log cabin isn't just old; it's the oldest Euro-American building in the entire Black Hills area. Step…

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Mystic, South Dakota · 16.5 mi · Scraped Hmdb
You're approaching a place where the echoes of a bustling mining town still linger: Mystic, South Dakota. In 1876, gold brought prospectors here, and the settlement was first known as Sitting Bull. The promise of riches…

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