Wall (South Dakota)

Wall, South Dakota, "the geographic center of nowhere," is probably known best to cross-country travellers for its main attraction, Wall Drug. Advertised on gigantic billboards for hundred of miles to the west and east on Interstate 90, the gargantuan drug store has put Wall on the nation's map. There are also Wall Drug signs all over the world telling how many miles to Wall Drug.

Get in
Wall is on Interstate 90 just north of the Badlands of South Dakota and just east of Rapid City. It is served by Jefferson Lines buses.

Go next

 * Minuteman Missile National Historic Site - 1960s Delta-01 Launch Control Facility, Launch Facility/ Missile Silo: Delta-09, nuclear tourism visitor centre with information on Cold War history. This Minuteman ICBM site could rain down nuclear devastation six thousand miles away in 30 minutes. Guided free tours of launch control are available from the visitor centre; numbers are limited so large groups will need to book a few weeks ahead.
 * Black Hills National Forest
 * Deadwood is possibly America's most storied small town from the wild frontier days.
 * Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a short drive away, and so is the even larger Crazy Horse Memorial.
 * Rapid City is a transportation hub for the region. It has a few museums, and plenty of cheap hotels and restaurants (chain and local).
 * Sturgis, roughly 12 miles to the East of Deadwood, is the home of the famed Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in August.