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Jewel Cave Visitor Center

About Jewel Cave Visitor Center

The visitor center offers two rooms of interactive exhibits and engaging displays, featuring the surface and sub-surface resources. A large classroom area is also available for school field trips and special events, with large windows facing to the south toward Lithograph Canyon. A park store connects the classroom to the exhibits and is operated by the Black Hills Parks and Forests Association. Ask to view our award-winning film about the park. Restrooms are available at the visitor center.

Park Passport stamps are available here.

Adapted from National Park Service.

National Park Service visitor center
Opened
1972

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Nearby museums

Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within 19 miles of Jewel Cave Visitor Center; the closest, Four Mile Old West Town Museum, is about 7.8 miles away.