Bear Country USA
Wildlife Park · Rapid City, South Dakota
A two-hundred-and-fifty-acre drive-through wildlife park on US 16 between Rapid City and Mount Rushmore, opened in 1972, holding North American species in large enclosures you drive through in your own car - black bears above all, plus wolves, elk, bison, mountain lions and bighorn sheep. At the end there is a walking area called Babyland where the year's cubs and young animals are kept.
13820 South Highway 16, Rapid City, South Dakota, 57702, United States
⚠ SEASONAL. Generally open from roughly May through November and CLOSED FOR THE WINTER; hours are longer in summer. Ticketed. ⚠ IT IS A DRIVE-THROUGH PARK - you stay in your own vehicle for the main circuit, windows up, and there is a walking area at the end. Soft-top convertibles and motorcycles are generally not permitted through the bear enclosures.
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