2026 South Dakota Great Place Designees

Aberdeen

Storybook Land and Wylie Park

Arlington

Lake Poinsett Recreation Area (SD GFP)

Brandon

Big Sioux Recreation Area (SD GFP)

Brookings

The Carrot Seed Kitchen Co.
Children's Museum of South Dakota
Downtown Brookings
McCrory Gardens at SDSU
The Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center 
Prairie Repertory Theatre
Visit Brookings

Bruce

Oakwood Lakes State Park (SD GFP)

Canistota

Lake Vermillion Recreation Area (SD GFP)

Chamberlain

Akta Lakota Museum & Cultural Center

Custer

Fort Welikit Campground

Garretson

Palisades State Park (SD GFP)

Hot Springs

The Mammoth Site

Keystone

Big Thunder Gold Mine

Lake Preston

Lake Thompson Recreation Area (SD GFP)

Madison

Lake Herman State Park (SD GFP)
Walker's Point Recreation Area (SD GFP)

Mitchell

My Place Hotel/Mitchell Holdings LLC

Rapid City

Black Hills Adventure Tours
Black Hills Caverns
Black Hills Visitor Information Center
Elevation Inn & Suites Downtown Rapid City
Reptile Gardens

Sioux Falls

Experience Sioux Falls
McCrossan Boys Ranch
Washington Pavilion

Watertown

My Place Hotels
Quality Inn and Suites
Venerts Hotel Management, Inc.

Yankton

Lewis & Clark Recreation Area (SD GFP)
Visit Yankton

 

FOR INFORMATION

For more information about the South Dakota Great Place Program, please contact Bailey Tysdal, Industry Training & Legislative Relations Manager, at 605-773-3301 or [email protected].