10 routes
Motorcycle routes in South Dakota
10 roads picked for riding in South Dakota. Open a route for its map, waypoints, risks and the places to stop for fuel and food.
Needles Highway
Granite spires and narrow tunnels in Custer State Park.
15 mi · Medium · Custer → Sylvan Lake
Iron Mountain Road
Pigtail bridges and Mount Rushmore framing tunnels.
25 mi · Medium · Keystone → Custer
Badlands Loop Road
Otherworldly eroded buttes in Badlands National Park.
37 mi · Easy · Wall → Interior
Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway
Limestone canyon walls and waterfalls in the northern Black Hills.
17 mi · Medium · Spearfish → Cheyenne Crossing
Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway
Combines Needles Highway, Iron Mountain Road, and wildlife loop.
32 mi · Medium · Custer → Sylvan Lake
Custer State Park Wildlife Loop
Bison herds and prairie dog towns on the park loop road.
15 mi · Easy · Custer → Blue Bell Lodge
Missouri River Scenic (South Dakota)
Capital city to Lewis and Clark interpretive center.
83 mi · Easy · Pierre → Chamberlain
Black Hills National Forest Loop
Historic mining towns and forest roads in the Black Hills.
23 mi · Medium · Deadwood → Spearfish
Bear Butte and Northern Plains
Sacred Mato Paha and geographic center of the US nearby.
44 mi · Easy · Sturgis → Belle Fourche
George S. Mickelson Trail Approach
Rails-to-trails corridor through Black Hills — parallel roads.
96 mi · Medium · Edgemont → Deadwood