Re: SW SD and Avoiding the Sturgis Crowds?
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01/25/21 01:19 PM
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August 6-15, 2021 is set for Sturgis Rally. You should be fine in July and wouldn't see an issue. That neck of SD is busy all the time with tourist any way so not really sure it will be that much different. That whole area would be to many people for me even in non tourist.
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Re: SW SD and Avoiding the Sturgis Crowds?
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01/25/21 01:25 PM
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I thought that Sturgis had a few different rallies every year like superbike week and so on. I don't know much about it though.
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Re: SW SD and Avoiding the Sturgis Crowds?
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01/25/21 02:20 PM
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I am thinking about retiring to SW South Dakota in a couple years and want to visit the area again. The only time I can get a full week off work to visit is summer and I want to be there before the Sturgis crowd starts filtering in. When do they usually start arriving (and campgrounds become unavailable)? I am looking at 10-20 July but could come earlier, maybe late June.
I maybe asking for recommended towns to look at a little later, once we decide what we're looking for and do a little more research.
Custer is a nice area, Newcastle wy good place too
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Re: SW SD and Avoiding the Sturgis Crowds?
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01/25/21 04:08 PM
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Custer and Lead are on my short list. I have a friend in Casper, WY trying to get me to move there. We were there about 10 years ago and want to get back so we can get a better feel for the area.
Diggerman - what did you mean by "up the canyon?" Spearfish Canyon. Quite the drive.
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Re: SW SD and Avoiding the Sturgis Crowds?
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01/25/21 06:18 PM
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Look into elevation big difference between Custer and Lead in the spring some of the Canyons in May get down to the 20s before sunup. Icebox canyon is South of Cheyenne crossing lives up to its name. If you want to get away from people look at smaller towns if that’s your goal.
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Re: SW SD and Avoiding the Sturgis Crowds?
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01/25/21 06:38 PM
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Besides Custer, Hot Springs is a nice town in the southern Hills. Pringle is in between the two and nice but its small. Hermosa is out on th plains south of Rapid but you can be in Custer from there in about what, 35 minutes? Its growing. Oelrichs is out on the plains east of Hot Springs, small but sort of left alone. Can be in the Hills in about 45 minutes. As Law Dog said, the northern hills are colder than the southern. More flat pieces in the southern hills as well, at least my perception.
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Re: SW SD and Avoiding the Sturgis Crowds
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01/25/21 06:57 PM
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You get very far SW your out of the National Forest then, don’t over look WY you have a better chance at a elk tag as a resident more big game options. I’d buy a cabin in the National Forest with a long driveway and put up a sign that says GIT! LOL
Last edited by Law Dog; 01/25/21 10:11 PM.
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Re: SW SD and Avoiding the Sturgis Crowds?
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01/25/21 10:59 PM
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Been out to the black hills in june, July, August and September. Tent camping, imo mid to late june or early September have been my best trips.
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Re: SW SD and Avoiding the Sturgis Crowds?
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01/26/21 02:27 AM
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Don’t forget Edgemont guys. You don’t need a hot water heater. Comes out of the ground about 160 degrees. Yeah, I forgot about Edgemont, but you have to like trains
"And God said, Let us make man in our image �and let them have dominion �and all the creatures that move along the ground". Genesis 1:26
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