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Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway: Black Hills loop

United States · South Dakota
Distance 88.555.0kmmi
Elevation 2,0346,670mft
Duration 1h 57m
Route type Loop
Curviness High

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A loop through Custer State Park and the Black Hills: Iron Mountain Road with its pigtail bridges and tunnels that frame Mount Rushmore, past Mount Rushmore itself, then the Needles Highway between granite spires and through narrow one-lane rock tunnels, back to the start near Legion Lake. Slow and tight: the narrowest tunnel is under 2.6 m wide. You need a Custer State Park entrance licence. The Needles Highway and Iron Mountain Road close in winter, and in early August the Sturgis rally makes everything very busy. The loop leaves out the second byway link through Custer.

Check road conditions, closures and opening dates before you ride.

Route line: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), America's Byways® layer, byway 156_SD, layer version of 4 August 2026, public domain: https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=8bda53a21f8b4c7ca2fc76523ba2110a. Modified by Motarva: snapped to roads, side spurs left out, a gap filled by routing. This is not an official route file from the FHWA.

Source Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), America's Byways America's Byways® layer FHWA_ScenicByways_08042026 (), byway 156_SD. Changes: snapped to roads, side spurs left out, a gap filled by routing.

Licence: Public domain (US federal government work) Modified by Motarva. Not an official publication of the source.

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Motarva Lv.1 · Rider · Posted 1 week ago

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Measured from the route itself, with roundabouts and slip roads left out. Corners are counted, not judged.

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