Elk Hunting Road Trip to Idaho

[DMurphy]

A buddy and I are headed to Idaho in October for an elk hunt. Current travel plans have us passign through Sioux City, into Sioux Falls then west on 90 through South Dakota and Montana, turning off at about Butte. Neither of us has ever been through this area before. Any good suggestions for places to stop or things to see along the way? We are not looking to spend too much time not driving, but a few well placed stops would likely be well received.

 

[TSAMP]

You could stop and take 30 min detour to see Mt Rushmore near Rapid City.

 

[DMurphy]

You could stop and take 30 min detour to see Mt Rushmore near Rapid City.

Good call. I didn't realize it was that close to the route. Thanks!

 

[zacattack]

Drive through the badlands park, well worth it

 

[Blackstorm]

Just up from the 90 in SD in Watertown is Redlin Museum, it is impressive what he painted in his life

 

[DMurphy]

Drive through the badlands park, well worth it

Great idea. We will hit this for sure.

 

[DMurphy]

Just up from the 90 in SD in Watertown is Redlin Museum, it is impressive what he painted in his life

Interesting idea. Thank you!

 

[Finch]

Rushmore is definitely a quick stop. Cool to see but don't really have a desire to see it again. I think you can drive by and see crazy horse from the road if I'm not mistaken. We started to drive in but the pay booth let us drive past and pull a u turn.

 

[jmez]

Going up to Watertown is a 105 mile detour, one way.
Badlands definitely worth seeing. You can see crazy horse from the highway.
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[mike.adams.467]

A stop at Little Bighorn battlefield is well worth it.


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[thegrouse]

Wall Drug, tourist trap but convenient

 

[Fullfan]

Let me know when you see the first Wall Drug sign...

 

[Voyageur]

If you are into coffee shops....
Josiah's in Sioux Falls
Pure Bean in Rapid City
Treeline in Bozeman

 

[Brendan]

My route to Montana always took me north of there as the quickest route, ended up going through ND. If you do that, Theodore Roosevelt National Park - right off the highway in western ND right before the Montana Border. Bison in the parking lot, BIG bull elk bugling in the badlands down below the overlook. Cool place.

 

[Dave S]

Mt Rushmore is a better option .

 

[DMurphy]

Let me know when you see the first Wall Drug sign...

I have a feeling it will be right out of St. Louis

 

[DMurphy]

My route to Montana always took me north of there as the quickest route, ended up going through ND. If you do that, Theodore Roosevelt National Park - right off the highway in western ND right before the Montana Border. Bison in the parking lot, BIG bull elk bugling in the badlands down below the overlook. Cool place.

We are taking that route home. Thank you for this!

 

[Bowhunting WI]

We drive from WI to ID to bow hunt elk every year, well this will be our last year for a while most likely.

These are the cool things we've done on the various drives out:
1. Drive thru Badlands park. You enter on one side (by the prairie dog place) and come out in Wall, where Wall Drug is. Very beautiful detour.
2. Mt. Rushmore. See it once and you're done.
3. Devils' Tower in WY. It's a bit of a detour (couple hours) but there is an awesome walking trail that takes you all the way around the tower. We did a family trip out there a couple summers ago and that was one of my kids favorite things to do.

Depending on how much time you have on the drive out..........you could also:
4. Once you get into MT, you could turn and run down into Gardiner, MT and take the northern loop of Yellowstone. Go in at Gardiner, come out in Western Yellowstone, then right into ID. Jus t know, it's slow going in Yellowstone. You're going to get no where fast once you're in there. (I also don't know when they formally close the park either, so you may want to look into that if you're going in later October.

-BHWI

 

[ODB]

A stop at Little Bighorn battlefield is well worth it.


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I drove past that and regretted not stopping. My wife’s great, great, great uncle died with Custer and is on the memorial there.

 

[Glendon Mullins]

Drive through the badlands park, well worth it

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