Jewel Cave National Monument
Open
Monday: 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Tuesday: 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Wednesday: 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Thursday: 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Friday: 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Saturday: 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Sunday: 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Address
11149 US-16 B-12, Custer, SD 57730, USA

Jewel Cave National Monument

11149 US-16 B-12, Custer, SD 57730, USA

RATING (4.5)

Reviews

Veronica Peters
Veronica Peters
a month ago

Would give the Historic Lamp Tour 10 stars if possible! This was by far my and my families favorite time spent in South Dakota. I am terrified of heights and don't like the dark too much either, but this was just exciting enough and cool inside on a hot August day in SD. My entire family had a great time going through the cave and challenging our "fears" while climbing up ladders, down pathways, etc. It was awesome! Our tour guide Scott was very informative, engaging, and seemed to really love his job.

John Saenz
John Saenz
a month ago

An incredible place that you should see for yourself. A description would not do it justice. We took the Historic Lantern tour. It is described as the most difficult tour. Read the description for yourself and decide if this tour is for you. We did not find it to difficult other then the fact that we live at sea level and this place is at much higher elevation. Our tour guide Tucker was informative and very entertaining. It was a fun and interesting place.

C50 Trần Thanh Thọ
C50 Trần Thanh Thọ
3 months ago

home to one of the longest caves in the world. Jewel Cave is also run totally the same as Wind Cave by the National Park Services. An absolute must see if visiting the Margaret River Region. The one hour guided tour takes you underground to witness a nature spectacular. Jewel also has many crystal formations viewable for visitors, and is a cave like you won't see many other places. A must see if you are anywhere in the area.

Ian Allen
Ian Allen
3 months ago

An incredible experience! I recommend showing up early in order to get tickets for the day. My friend and I waited in line for about 30+ plus minutes and by 9:20 AM we had purchased some of the last tickets for the day. The tour is the perfect length, and you get a nice view of the caves diverse features. It’s a nice spot for families to visit (although after our tour I was wishing they had an “adults only” tour). All in all I highly recommend if you’re visiting the Black Hills!

Clark Zealand
Clark Zealand
2 months ago

Jewel Cave National Monument is an amazing place; too bad it is not a full-blown national park. While the newer entrance is well done, I wish we could have seen the older entrance; it was closed when we visited due to road construction and did not have anything posted on their website about it. Nonetheless, we arrived at the new entrance but it was too late to get on a guided tour. The guided tours sounded really cool as well and so we were really bummed out to miss the guided tour. Based on what we heard and talking to the Ranger on site, I recommend it taking in the tour. Anyway, the new visitor center has a lot of great interpretive displays which are really worth reading and seeing, even if you can not make a tour. Of course, since this is a cave, the vast majority of the protected space (and the purpose of its protection) is underground but area is worth visiting, even if to just see the above ground terrain, read about the history of the cave along with its unique biological factors, and speak to the friendly Rangers. Overall, I highly recommend a visit to Jewel Cave National Monument!

Open
Monday: 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Tuesday: 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Wednesday: 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Thursday: 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Friday: 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Saturday: 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Sunday: 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Address
11149 US-16 B-12, Custer, SD 57730, USA