Pine Ridge

Pine Ridge is a town in South Dakota and the tribal headquarters of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

• 43.14242-102.364941 Wounded Knee Battlefield (just east of the town of Wounded Knee, northeast of Pine Ridge). The site of the Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890; over 250 Sioux were killed. There is a Wounded Knee Museum in nearby Wall.  
• 43.4728-102.5522 The Heritage Center at Red Cloud Indian School, 110 Mission Drive, ☏ +1 605 867-8257, heritagecenter@redcloudschool.org. Winter: Tue-Sat 9AM-6PM; Summer: Mon-Sat 8AM-6PM, Sun 10AM-5PM. A museum of Lakota and other Native American cultures, art gallery, and gift shop. Free, donations welcome.  (updated Mar 2017)

• Hunting for game such as ring-neck pheasant, giant Canada goose, deer, elk, buffalo, prairie dogs and turkeys.

• Higher Ground Coffee Shop, ☏ +1 605 867-5685.  (updated Apr 2021)

Alcohol is illegal on the Pine Ridge Reservation, despite several efforts to permit it.

• 43.1845-102.993541 Prairie Wind Casino and Hotel, 112 Casino Dr, ☏ +1-800-705-WIND (9463).  (updated Jan 2020)

• Mount Rushmore National Memorial and Crazy Horse Memorial, both near Custer.
• Badlands National Park contains the largest, protected mixed grass prairie in the United States.

Ends at N S ← Hot Springs ←	W  E	→ Rosebud → Winner
END ←	N  S	→ becomes → Jct W E → Alliance

Pine Ridge Indian Reservation