National Park System units in South Dakota
South Dakota has 6 National Park System units. The list below also includes one place the Park Service does not count as a unit of its own. Each one has its own page here with hours, current alerts, campgrounds and what there is to do.
South Dakota in figures
- National Park System units
- 6
- Free to enter
- 5
- Recreation visits in 2025
- 4,030,357
- Busiest unit, 1,905,649 visits
- Mount Rushmore National Memorial
- Campgrounds
- 6
A unit that reaches into another state counts in full here and in each other state it touches.
Free to enter Charges an entrance feePoints are the Park Service reference point for each unit, not a boundary.
Visits by year
Fees, hours, alerts, campgrounds and activities are from the NPS API. Data refreshed October 14, 2026.