Top attractions near Sioux Falls, South Dakota: Falls Park, Devil’s Gulch Park, Palisades State Park and more
Just as the city of St. Louis, Missouri is considered the “ Gateway to the West ” due to its strategic importance as the commercial, financial, and logistical hub for America’s westward expansion , to me, the city of Sioux Falls, South Dakota also has a similar distinction as a gateway to the west. That feeling of being in the west begins as soon as you cross the mighty Mississippi River, but it isn’t truly until you get to South Dakota that you really feel like you’re actually in the west. There are many reasons why I feel this way: South Dakota sits directly on a historical, geographical, and cultural boundary where the flat Midwestern plains give way to more rugged, mountainous terrain of the Old West Cities tend to be smaller in size compared to those in the Midwest (like Chicago, Minneapolis); this also means less people, less traffic the farther west you go Some of the biggest concentration of bison herd is found in western South Dakota at Custer St...