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‘Chill Hill’ Takes Shape in Rapid City Cowboy Hill, for decades a island of wilderness in the middle of Rapid City, is taking shape as a 240-acre mountain bikers' paradise. For years, it was private property -- but that didn't stop people from climbing up its slopes for a view of the city or plying the deer trails that criss-cross the property.
But last year, a private foundation purchased much of Cowboy Hill, also known as M Hill, for creation of a wilderness park. Now, the foundation, the city of Rapid City and area mountain bike groups are turning the hill into a low-impact wildland hiking and biking park.
You’ve got to love Wall Drug Wall Drug is like no other place when it comes to family tourist destinations. It's quirky. It's kitchy. And it's a lot of fun. Just ask CNN.com and Budget Travel. This week the venerable roadside attraction was named to CNN/Budget Travel list of Seven Tourist Traps You Love. "Back in September, Budget Travel asked for feedback about bona fide, no-holds-barred tourist traps that readers loved anyway," Budget Travel's Liz Webber wrote.
National Treasure coming on DVD “National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets”, some of which was filmed right here in the Black Hills of South Dakota, will be released on DVD May 20, according to Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. The cast and crew spent quite a bit of time in the Black Hills last year. They reportedly liked the area so much that they added new scenes to the film to take advantage of the great visual backdrops.
GMA: Badlands the fourth Wonder of America Viewers of ABC’s Good Morning America got an eyeful of stunning Badlands scenery with their morning coffee this morning. The ABC News morning show featured South Dakota’s Badlands as the fourth Wonder of America. The segment included video shot from a helicopter coasting 50 feet above the spires. The crew also interviewed Badlands National Park Superintendent Paige Baker and other park staffers.
A new winter sport for the Black Hills Winter sports in the Black Hills usually means skiing, snowmobiling, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing. But next winter, professional hockey is coming to the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center in Rapid City. A new multi-use arena is under construction right now, and it should be done by December 1. That will be just in time for the Rapid City Rush, the new Central Hockey League team to take to the ice on its new home ice.
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