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London HeathrowRapid City
LHR - RAP
LHRRAP
London Heathrow
Tue 18/6
2 stops19h 11m
Rapid City
Tue 25/6
1 stop18h 15m
London HeathrowRapid City
LHR - RAP
LHRRAP
London Heathrow
Tue 18/6
1 stop21h 36m
Rapid City
Tue 25/6
1 stop18h 15m
London HeathrowRapid City
LHR - RAP
LHRRAP
London Heathrow
Sat 1/6
1 stop20h 08m
Rapid City
Mon 10/6
2 stops18h 05m
London CityRapid City
LCY - RAP
LCYRAP
London City
Tue 18/6
2 stops20h 56m
Rapid City
Tue 25/6
2 stops17h 12m
London HeathrowRapid City
LHR - RAP
LHRRAP
London Heathrow
Mon 26/8
2 stops16h 39m
Rapid City
Mon 16/9
2 stops15h 39m
London HeathrowRapid City
LHR - RAP
LHRRAP
London Heathrow
Mon 26/8
1 stop17h 55m
Rapid City
Mon 16/9
1 stop15h 00m
London HeathrowRapid City
LHR - RAP
LHRRAP
London Heathrow
Sat 1/6
1 stop20h 08m
Rapid City
Mon 10/6
1 stop18h 15m
London CityRapid City
LCY - RAP
LCYRAP
London City
Mon 26/8
2 stops19h 31m
Rapid City
Mon 16/9
2 stops27h 10m
FSD Temperature | -9 - 23 °C |
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If weather is an important factor for your trip to South Dakota, use this chart to help with planning. For those seeking warmer temperatures, July is the ideal time of year to visit, when temperatures reach an average of 23.0 C. Travellers hoping to avoid the cold should look outside of January, when temperatures are typically at their lowest (around -9.0 C).
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Departure was late. Plane much too small for an 11 hour flight. One bathroom was out of order in a completely full flight.
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Departure was late. Plane much too small for an 11 hour flight. One bathroom was out of order in a completely full flight.
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Departure was late. Plane much too small for an 11 hour flight. One bathroom was out of order in a completely full flight.
Crew
Entertainment
Food
Boarding
Overall
Comfort
Reviews
Departure was late. Plane much too small for an 11 hour flight. One bathroom was out of order in a completely full flight.
Of all the Plains states, South Dakota has the most to offer visitors, principally in the pine-covered Black Hills mountain range. A sacred site to the Sioux, to white settlers it represented something very different – a rich source of gold. Deadwood is the most famous of the gold rush towns that sprang up illegally. Once home to the hell-raising Calamity Jane, Wyatt Earp and Wild Bill Hickok, it’s now a perfectly preserved National Historic Landmark.
Southeast of here stands the iconic Mount Rushmore, where the faces of presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln stare out sternly, oblivious to the crowds of snap-happy tourists. Worth seeing, too, are the crystal-lined Jewel Cave, the lunar landscape of the Badlands National Park, and the wildlife haven that is Custer State Park, with its 1,500-strong herd of wild buffalo and “begging burros” – hungry donkeys that hustle tourists for food shamelessly.
Some 80km away in Wounded Knee, where the Sioux were massacred, the Wounded Knee Museum in Wall recounts the sad story.
As a Great Plains state, South Dakota has an interior continental climate with hot summers and cold winters. Summer temperatures can reach the high-20s (Celsius) and winter can be well below zero. Sioux Falls averages 104cm (41 inches) of snowfall annually, but there is less snow further north, and the northwest can get less than one foot of snow.On the northern fringe of tornado alley, South Dakota’s twisters are mostly in the eastern part of the state, sometimes in the central region, and rarely in the western part of the state. Spring is the peak tornado season.
You will need a car to get around South Dakota, or, if you are going to the more popular destinations, consider joining a tour group. There is limited bus service in the state, and the historic trains just run short routes. Driving is also your best bet even in Sioux Falls, and parking is plentiful.
Hiking, biking, and horseback riding are other ways of getting around, along with boating on the Missouri River, and motorcycles.