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City in South Dakota, United States
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Hot Springs is a town of about 3,000 people in the Black Hills of western South Dakota, founded as a resort around a historic warm spring. It's a jumping-off point for nearby Wind Cave National Park.
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The world's largest mammoth research facility. The museum encloses a prehistoric sinkhole that formed and was slowly filled with sediments and trapped wildlife during the Pleistocene era. Mammoth bones were found at the site in 1974, and a museum for in situ preservation was built soon after. It remains an active excavation site: the remains of 61 mammoths have been recovered so far.
A water park owned and operated by the City of Hot Springs, that claims to be "the oldest tourist attraction in the Black Hills".
Terrific breakfast, baked goodies and coffee. Friendly. Art on the wall is for sale. Opens 7AM daily, except Sunday opens at 8AM.
17 charming log cabins built on a hillside quad in 1929. Cabins are heated and of different sizes, ranging from 1-4 beds, with shower bathroom. Dog friendly.
Yarn, spinning, weaving & fiber arts supplies. Lovely shop and helpful staff. They have local yarns and buffalo blends. Worth a stop for knitters.
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