Storybook Island | Rapid City, South Dakota | Black Hills
Come enjoy a free, safe, educational environment for those young in years, or young at heart, to experience the power of imagination at Storybook Island in Rapid City, SD
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Free Attractions, Fun for the Family, & Things to Do in Rapid City, South Dakota in the Black Hills near Mount Rushmore
A Trip to Storybook Island
Today we spend the evening at a park called Storybook Island in Rapid City, SD.
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Visit Rapid City | Storybook Island
Something this fun should be free, and it is! Make time to stop at Storybook Island during your Rapid City visit! Learn more about the magic of this park here:
Storybook Gardens Rapid City South Dakota
This park is full of storybook characters plus it is a real park where kids can play. It is in Rapid City, in the Black Hills of South Dakota
Top Tourist Attractions in Rapid City: Travel Guide South Dakota
Top Tourist Attractions in Rapid City: Travel Guide South Dakota
Reptile Gardens, Prairie Edge Trading Co. & Galleries, Storybook Island, Bear Country USA, Bear Country USA, South Dakota Air and Space Museum, Chapel in the Hills, Museum of Geology, Dinosaur Park, The Journey Museum & Learning Center
Rapid City, South Dakota - Art Alley (2019)
Rapid City (Lakota: Mni Lúzahaŋ Otȟúŋwahe; Swift Water City) is the second most populous city in South Dakota and the county seat of Pennington County.[8] Named after Rapid Creek, on which the city is established, it is set against the eastern slope of the Black Hills mountain range. The population was 67,956 as of the 2010 Census.
Known as the Gateway to the Black Hills due to its location and the City of Presidents because of the life-size bronze president statues located downtown. Rapid City is split by a low mountain ridge that divides the western and eastern parts of the city. Ellsworth Air Force Base is located on the outskirts of the city. Camp Rapid, a part of the South Dakota Army National Guard, is located in the western part of the city. Rapid City is home to popular attractions like Art Alley, Dinosaur Park, the City of Presidents walking tour, Chapel in the Hills, Storybook Island, Main Street Square and more. The historic Old West town of Deadwood is nearby. In the neighboring Black Hills are the popular tourist attractions of Mount Rushmore, the Crazy Horse Memorial, Custer State Park, Wind Cave National Park, Jewel Cave National Monument, the museum at the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, and to the east of the city is Badlands National Park.
Chapel in the Hills - Rapid City South Dakota
The Chapel in the Hills is an exact replica of the famous Borgund stavkirke, of Laerdal, Norway. The Borgund stavkirke was built around the year 1150 and is considered the most completely preserved stave church still standing in Norway. The Norwegian Department of Antiquities graciously provided a set of blueprints of the Borgund church to be used in the construction of the Chapel in the Hills.
The Chapel in the Hills was dedicated on July 6, 1969, and it served as the home of Lutheran Vespers until 1975 when the radio program was moved to Minneapolis home of the American Lutheran Church at the time. At that time a non-profit corporation took over operation of the Chapel in the Hills and operates it to this day.
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Rapid City, South Dakota - City of Presidents (2019)
Rapid City (Lakota: Mni Lúzahaŋ Otȟúŋwahe; Swift Water City) is the second most populous city in South Dakota and the county seat of Pennington County.[8] Named after Rapid Creek, on which the city is established, it is set against the eastern slope of the Black Hills mountain range. The population was 67,956 as of the 2010 Census.
Known as the Gateway to the Black Hills due to its location and the City of Presidents because of the life-size bronze president statues located downtown. Rapid City is split by a low mountain ridge that divides the western and eastern parts of the city. Ellsworth Air Force Base is located on the outskirts of the city. Camp Rapid, a part of the South Dakota Army National Guard, is located in the western part of the city. Rapid City is home to popular attractions like Art Alley, Dinosaur Park, the City of Presidents walking tour, Chapel in the Hills, Storybook Island, Main Street Square and more. The historic Old West town of Deadwood is nearby. In the neighboring Black Hills are the popular tourist attractions of Mount Rushmore, the Crazy Horse Memorial, Custer State Park, Wind Cave National Park, Jewel Cave National Monument, the museum at the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, and to the east of the city is Badlands National Park.
Rapid City, South Dakota - Dinosaur Park (2019)
Dinosaur Park is a tourist attraction in Rapid City, South Dakota, United States. Dedicated on May 22, 1936, it contains seven dinosaur sculptures on a hill overlooking the city, created to capitalize on the tourists coming to the Black Hills to see Mount Rushmore. Constructed by the city of Rapid City and the Works Progress Administration,[1] WPA Project #960's dinosaurs were designed by Emmet Sullivan. Sullivan also designed the Apatosaurus (formerly thought of as a synonym of Brontosaurus) at Wall Drug nearby in Wall, South Dakota, the Christ of the Ozarks statue in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, and the dinosaurs at the now closed Dinosaur World in Beaver, Arkansas.
The park is located at 940 Skyline Drive and is maintained by the city of Rapid City. Admission is free, however steep flagstone stairs may limit handicapped accessibility. The park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 21, 1990.
Rapid City (Lakota: Mni Lúzahaŋ Otȟúŋwahe; Swift Water City) is the second most populous city in South Dakota and the county seat of Pennington County.[8] Named after Rapid Creek, on which the city is established, it is set against the eastern slope of the Black Hills mountain range. The population was 67,956 as of the 2010 Census.
Known as the Gateway to the Black Hills due to its location and the City of Presidents because of the life-size bronze president statues located downtown. Rapid City is split by a low mountain ridge that divides the western and eastern parts of the city. Ellsworth Air Force Base is located on the outskirts of the city. Camp Rapid, a part of the South Dakota Army National Guard, is located in the western part of the city. Rapid City is home to popular attractions like Art Alley, Dinosaur Park, the City of Presidents walking tour, Chapel in the Hills, Storybook Island, Main Street Square and more. The historic Old West town of Deadwood is nearby. In the neighboring Black Hills are the popular tourist attractions of Mount Rushmore, the Crazy Horse Memorial, Custer State Park, Wind Cave National Park, Jewel Cave National Monument, the museum at the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, and to the east of the city is Badlands National Park.
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Holiday Lights fill the night at Storybook Island in Rapid City, SD. The walk through park is lit yearly to give a spectacular holiday glow to the season
Storybook Island, South Dakota
Back in those days the comic books I liked to read were mostly ones based on Walt Disney movies or cartoons. I think the one I displayed here was either Escape to Witch Mountain or Lt. Robin Crusoe.
We must have liked Dinosaur Park as we went back for seconds. Well, it was free (which I'm sure pleased my parents) and my brother and I were really into Land of the Lost around this time, so we got to pretend we were Marshall and Will (forget Holly, she was a dumb girl).
We then went to Chapel of the Hills. I think this was mom's idea. I can't imagine my brother and I saying, you know what would make a great vacation destination? Church! But, now that I'm older I can sure appreciate the architecture and the artistic beauty of the structure. I love the little house with the grass on the roof, too. I seem to recall someone was up there mowing it when we were there.
Now, Storybook Island was about the coolest thing in the world when you're eight and nearly seven. That blue whale was my favorite thing in the park, but the Noah's Ark was cool, too.
Most of the rest of this segment centers around a hay rack ride into the Black Hills. The ride pulled away from our campground and was driven by a guy named Mike (who makes a very brief appearance) but I am not sure which camp ground we were staying at. I'm sure it was a KOA, but was it in Deadwood or Custer or... where? Dunno. I do recall my brother trying to build a house of hay and I was tossing hay onto it to try to knock it down. I also thought the three girls at the front were very cute. But, they were nearly teenagers and much too old for a young one like me.
The last two shots of my mom swinging on the rope used to crack my brother and I up so much when we were kids.
This is the third of a six part series.
Thanks so much to my parents and my brother, without whom I would not be able to share these treasured films with you.
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Old Storybook Island
The Charles and Mary Helen Donnelly family enjoys some time at what we now call Old Storybook Island in Rapid City, S.D., back in the mid 1960's. The great flood of 1972 wiped most of this Storybook Island out. It was later rebuilt.
Dinosaur Park Rapid City South Dakota
Rapid City SD: Dinosaur Park
Rapid City SD: Dinosaur Park
Dinosaur Park in Rapid City, S.D.
A local tourist attraction built in Rapid City, S.D.
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Dinosaur Park in Rapid City, South Dakota
Today September 1, 2011 I went to Dinosaur Park. It's a free park on top of a hill overlooking Rapid City, SD. You can see the very large brontosaurus around Rapid City.
Rapid City, South Dakota - Chapel in the Hills (2019)
The Chapel in the Hills was dedicated on July 6, 1969, as the home for the radio ministry of Lutheran Vespers. Lutheran Vespers hosts such as, Richard A. Jensen were broadcast nationwide from this location in the Black Hills. The church is a special ministry of the South Dakota Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
The Chapel in the Hills is an exact replica of the Borgund stave church in Norway. The Borgund stavkirke was built around the year 1150 and is considered the most completely preserved stave church still standing in Norway.
The Norwegian Department of Antiquities provided a set of blueprints of the Borgund church to be used in the construction of the Chapel in the Hills. The woodcarvings resulted from the combined effort by Norwegian woodcarver Erik Fridstrøm and Rapid City resident, Helge Christiansen.
The site includes an authentic log cabin museum that was built in 1876 by Edward Nielsen, a Norwegian immigrant gold prospector from Hole, Ringerike, Norway. There is also a stabbur, a grass-roofed house, that serves as the visitor center and gift shop.
Rapid City (Lakota: Mni Lúzahaŋ Otȟúŋwahe; Swift Water City) is the second most populous city in South Dakota and the county seat of Pennington County.[8] Named after Rapid Creek, on which the city is established, it is set against the eastern slope of the Black Hills mountain range. The population was 67,956 as of the 2010 Census.
Known as the Gateway to the Black Hills due to its location and the City of Presidents because of the life-size bronze president statues located downtown. Rapid City is split by a low mountain ridge that divides the western and eastern parts of the city. Ellsworth Air Force Base is located on the outskirts of the city. Camp Rapid, a part of the South Dakota Army National Guard, is located in the western part of the city. Rapid City is home to popular attractions like Art Alley, Dinosaur Park, the City of Presidents walking tour, Chapel in the Hills, Storybook Island, Main Street Square and more. The historic Old West town of Deadwood is nearby. In the neighboring Black Hills are the popular tourist attractions of Mount Rushmore, the Crazy Horse Memorial, Custer State Park, Wind Cave National Park, Jewel Cave National Monument, the museum at the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, and to the east of the city is Badlands National Park.