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Black Hills Aerial Adventures, Custer, SD
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Black Hills Aerial Adventures

Black Hills Aerial Adventures is a tour in Custer, SD, part of the Black Hills guide. Cost: $50 or more. Flights run seasonally, May through October.

24564 US Highway 16/385 · Custer, SD

Why you should go…

Black Hills Aerial Adventures has flown helicopter tours over South Dakota's Black Hills for more than twenty-five years from heliports in Keystone, Custer and near Badlands National Park. Tour options range from a short Discovery Flight past the granite faces of Mount Rushmore to a 55-minute route over Custer State Park's mountain lakes and Cathedral Spires. Flights operate daily from May through October and no reservation is required, though it is recommended.

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