If you’re driving to Rapid City, there are no prizes for guessing the first stop on your itinerary—South Dakota’s most iconic sight, the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, lies just a half-hour drive away. Whether you prefer to check into an RV park in the city or hook up your rig at a campground close to the monument, there are plenty of options for RV campers, and many RV sites stay open year-round, so you can dodge the summer crowds. If you want to explore further—and you will—take the spectacular ‘Needles Highway’ through the nearby Custer State Park, where you can hike, rock climb, and cool off in the lakes. Venture underground at the Jewel Cave National Monument and Wind Cave National Park, park up at one of the many RV campgrounds in the Black Hills National Forest, then continue your road trip to Badlands National Park.