Elevated tees. High altitude drives. Banana Belt.These are terms regularly bandied about by Black Hills golfers. Golf is a passion for lots of local people, the reason some of them live here — liberated from crowded, flat-land courses they knew elsewhere. Elevated tees mean teeing off a high point onto … Read More
Thanks to the current hip-hop Broadway musical, American founding father Alexander Hamilton enjoys celebrity status 212 years after dying in a duel with Aaron Burr. But there was intense interest in Hamilton in Spearfish during the late 1800s, and the town is the site of a memorial to him … Read More
Say Gordy in the Black Hills, no surname needed, and most locals know you mean Gordy Pratt — a versatile one man show. He’s a classically trained guitarist who often puts his instrument to work in a decidedly non-classical way. Gordy is a comedian and also performs fast-paced, one-character historical … Read More
How’s your internal compass? If getting lost excites you – head over to our wonderful fall attraction, the Spearfish Corn Maze. For spooky Halloween lovers, be sure to visit at night! The maze offers haunted walks, though I hate to admit that I’m too chicken to attend those. When I … Read More
After a long day in the car, all I need is a walk. The City Park in Spearfish has a wonderful bike path that winds past the campground and part of the way up into the canyon. If you like biking, rollerblading, skateboarding, or just hoofing it: this exquisite path … Read More