Sanford Lab Homestake Visitor Center
FreeBlack Hills science and mining center overlooking the 1,250-foot-deep Homestake Open Cut in Lead.

Black Hills Discovery Tours is a tour in Lead, SD, part of the Black Hills guide. Cost: $50 or more.
· Lead, SD
Discovery Tours has run fully narrated, day-long guided tours of the Black Hills since 2001, based out of Lead, South Dakota, and operating under a Special Use Permit in the Black Hills National Forest. Small groups of up to 14 travel in air-conditioned vans to Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse Memorial, Iron Mountain Road, Sylvan Lake and Custer State Park, with all admission fees included. The company offers free pickup and drop-off across Lead, Deadwood, Hill City, Keystone, Sturgis and Rapid City.
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Black Hills science and mining center overlooking the 1,250-foot-deep Homestake Open Cut in Lead.
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