Daily Itinerary - Dakota Territory
Please note that this trip can accommodate a wide range of walking abilities with options for each activity
SEPTEMBER 14
- Fly on own to Rapid City Regional Airport and free shuttle to Holiday Inn Rushmore Plaza
- Tour City of Presidents with life-size bronze statues along the city’s sidewalks (Get your photo with TR!)
- Welcome dinner and meet your hosts
SEPTEMBER 15
- Breakfast at hotel
- Tour Jewel Cave National Monument
- Lunch at Crazy Horse Memorial
- Tour Mount Rushmore
- Unwind at K Bar S Lodge overlooking Mount Rushmore National Memorial
- Watch the evening illumination program at Mount Rushmore
- Dinner on own at Carver’s Marketplace with a table to sit together
- Overnight K Bar S Lodge
SEPTEMBER 16
- Breakfast at hotel
- Tour Wind Cave National Park
- Lunch at Hot Springs
- Travel to tiny Edgemont, TR’s whistle stop during his famous Western tour
- Catered dinner at the hotel and campfire stories while overlooking Mount Rushmore
SEPTEMBER 17
- Breakfast at hotel
- Tour Mount Roosevelt Friendship Tower near Deadwood
- Lunch in Deadwood, a National Historic Landmark District
- Travel to Belle Fourche, the center of the nation, for stories about Roosevelt and Seth Bulloch
- Check into SpringHill Suites by Marriott Deadwood
- Free time to explore historic Deadwood / dinner on own
- Overnight at SpringHill Suites by Marriott Deadwood
SEPTEMBER 18
- Breakfast at hotel
- Tour Devils Tower, Wyoming
- Picnic Lunch at Devil’s Tower
- Arrive in Medora, ND, and check into the Badlands Hotel
- Explore Medora and dinner on own
SEPTEMBER 19
- Breakfast provided
- Tour Maltese Cross Cabin and South Unit Theodore Roosevelt National Park
- Lunch in Medora
- Tour Roosevelt's remote Elkhorn Ranch
- Farewell Dinner in Medora
- Overnight at the Badlands hotel
SEPTEMBER 20
- Breakfast provided and airport shuttle or stay for Dickinson State Theodore Roosevelt Symposium
September 14-20, 2018
For detailed information email:
mbryant@theodoreroosevelt.org