Things to See | Things To Do in the Black Hills

Addie Camp Ghost Town

A forgotten tin mining camp 2.7 miles east of Hill City —a railroad that came and went, and a handful of crumbling ruins still standing along County Road 323.

Hill City, SD,

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Bear Gulch Ghost Town

One of the Black Hills' earliest placer gold camps — a population of 1,000 dwindled to none, half mile from Tinton on the Iron Creek Road near Spearfish Canyon

Lead, SD,

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Buffalo Gap Historic Commercial District

National Register district preserving the false-front saloons, bank, and storefronts of an 1880s Sidney-Deadwood Trail stage stop and cattle-shipping town.

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Buffalo Gap, SD, 57722

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Cambria Ghost Town

The Black Hills' greatest coal town — 40 years of anthracite mining, nearly crumbled away.

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Galena Ghost Town

An 1876 gold rush town in Vanocker Canyon — the old schoolhouse still stands for photos.

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Mystic Ghost Town

A railroad supply stop for miners — original buildings and a restored schoolhouse remain.

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Rochford Ghost Town

The "friendliest ghost town" in the Black Hills — gold rush roots, a working saloon, and humor.

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Rockerville Ghost Town

A gold rush camp turned 1950s tourist town — gift shops, melodrama theater, and nostalgia.

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Silver City Ghost Town

Settled in 1876 by Canadian brothers; outlasted most peers with a post office until 1964.

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Spokane Ghost Town

Historic Black Hills ghost town with mining-era remnants and the remains of cars and homes.

Custer, SD,

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Tinton Ghost Town

More standing buildings than any other South Dakota ghost town — gold, tin, a presidential visit, and a mill fire that ended it all, 13 miles east of Deadwood.

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