Rapid City, South Dakota's Best Skyline ++ Tons of PICS of the Black Hillls

[bcfranke]

Here are a few pics of South Dakota's best skyline. Nestled within the beautiful Black Hills and with a metro pop. of 120,00 Rapid City is second to none in South Dakota. Sioux Falls may be bigger but Rapid City's skyline and setting just plain have it beat (which isn't really saying much but hey it's South Dakota). http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/bcfranke/Canon1118.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/bcfranke/Canon1107.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/bcfranke/Canon1089.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/bcfranke/Canon1097.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/bcfranke/Canon1124.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/bcfranke/Canon1099.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/bcfranke/Canon1112.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/bcfranke/Canon1088.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/bcfranke/Canon685.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/bcfranke/Canon686.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/bcfranke/Canon1086.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/bcfranke/Canon1083.jpg
Here are a few more I took from just outside Rapid City in the Black Hills and Badlands region.
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/bcfranke/Canon371.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/bcfranke/Canon361.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/bcfranke/Canon1154.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/bcfranke/Canon1066.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/bcfranke/Canon644.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/bcfranke/Canon1030.jpg
taken in the Black Hills and Badlands.
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/bcfranke/Canon1137.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/bcfranke/Canon1046.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/bcfranke/Canon1022.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/bcfranke/Canon1013.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/bcfranke/Canon1012.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/bcfranke/Canon1011.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/bcfranke/Canon854.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/bcfranke/Canon847.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/bcfranke/Canon843.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/bcfranke/Canon841.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/bcfranke/Canon826.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/bcfranke/Canon819.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/bcfranke/Canon820.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/bcfranke/Canon702.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/bcfranke/Canon668.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/bcfranke/Canon555.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/bcfranke/Canon405.jpg

[softee]

Great shots, I always love to see a new small city skyline on here!

[xzmattzx]

Rapid City looks like a nice small city.

The natural setting is great! Do you have higher quality of those nature pictures? I'd like to use a few as backgrounds on my computer some time.

[oliveurban]

Nice pictures.

[Urbanguy]

Great job taking pics of this city. It's exactly as i remember it. I've also been hiking up to that same spot that you had in the Black Hills with that hole in the rock. Also, a photo tour of Rapid is not complete without the dinosaurs! BTW is this where you live? I've got a couple of great friends that live out in that freezing arse windy place! ;)

[bcfranke]

Rapid City looks like a nice small city.

The natural setting is great! Do you have higher quality of those nature pictures? I'd like to use a few as backgrounds on my computer some time.


Let me know an email and which ones you want and I'll send them to you.

[boden]

A nice setting indeed.....bigger than I thought.

[bcfranke]

Great job taking pics of this city. It's exactly as i remember it. I've also been hiking up to that same spot that you had in the Black Hills with that hole in the rock. Also, a photo tour of Rapid is not complete without the dinosaurs! BTW is this where you live? I've got a couple of great friends that live out in that freezing arse windy place! ;)



I know, I need to get out and take a few of the dinosaurs, gotta love the hoakie americana. Yeah, I grew up here but I just moved back from Vegas in March, I was there for 3 years and Denver for 5. I didn't really care for Vegas but I do miss Denver quite a bit. I think L.A. is next, probably some time this spring or summer.

[Buck]

The city reminds me a lot of Maryville, Tennessee. The scenic pictures are stunning. Really beautiful.

Thanks for sharing!

[bcfranke]

No problem, are little Canon can take some pretty nice pics, when it feels like it that is.

[village person]

Ooo, nice! I'm a small town/city aficionado, too. I've only passed through there once, and it was too foggy to see much, but I remember thinking this would be the perfect spot for a major city. It looks bigger than I thought it would -- looks about the size of the "big cities" in Montana. I hope Rapid City can continue to prosper. :tup:

[SunMonTueWedThuFriSa]

Gorgeous.

[excel]

Great pictures.

[glowrock]

Where the hell is Wall Drug? :)

Seriously though, nice shots...

Aaron (Glowrock)

[OfCourse]

Holy shiznit, those are awesome pics. I've always wondered what SD looks like.

[BuffaloSam]

sweet!!!!!!

[1ajs]

Where the hell is Wall Drug? :)

Seriously though, nice shots...

Aaron (Glowrock)

go east about 20 minuts or so from rapid city...

though seanic is better got the saw dust floor bar with the skulz on the wall :tup:

[Double L]

Looks like a boring city without much for the city folk but it looks like a great natural environment.

[phillyskyline]

Undeniably Beautiful!!!! More please... =)

[hauntedheadnc]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/bcfranke/Canon702.jpg


You know there's got to be a story behind a rowhouse ending up all by its lonesome. I'm thinking there's a ghost town involved.

[bryson662001]

I was in Rapid City in August of 1998.......and that's the way I remember it.

[secondson]

The city reminds me a lot of Maryville, Tennessee. The scenic pictures are stunning. Really beautiful.

Thanks for sharing!

Hey, someone who's familiar with Maryville! I lived there for a short while about 10 years ago. It's a really great town - very pretty. And you can't beat the setting!

Anyway, regarding Rapid City....I think it looks like a humble, very nice city. I've often thought about taking a road trip and heading in that direction. Could be an interesting place to explore! Nice shots. Thanks for sharing them, because I really was wondering what the city looked like, other than the few shots you see doing a web search.

[glowrock]

go east about 20 minuts or so from rapid city...

though seanic is better got the saw dust floor bar with the skulz on the wall :tup:

Yes, I'm familiar with where Wall Drug is. I was kidding around... ;)

But seriously, no phototour of Rapid City and the Black Hills is complete without Wall Drug, Deadwood, perhaps Sturgis, Lead, and of course the obligatory Mt. Rushmore and Crazy Horse photos! Hahaha

Aaron (Glowrock)

[bcfranke]

You know there's got to be a story behind a rowhouse ending up all by its lonesome. I'm thinking there's a ghost town involved.

That's the booming metropolis of Cascade Springs about 70 miles south of Rapid. Originally they wanted to lure a railroad by building a resort town by the natural springs but when the railroad decided a different route the town was no more. I think that building was the bank but now it stands alone as some lucky persons beautiful home.

[StevenW]

Very nice photos, indeed. :yes:
What is the #1 economic leader/commerce/industry in Rapid City?

[mobyhead]

I was in Rapid City/Custer State Park for a week in 2001. Very friendly people live there. The hills were a killer on my car's transmission and brakes though.

[bcfranke]

Very nice photos, indeed. :yes:
What is the #1 economic leader/commerce/industry in Rapid City?
Mostly banking, health care and military.

[Beastie Bern]

Actually RC's largest industry is tourism. I lived there for a short while and loved it. A lot of social issues in the area. Its a facinating place even when you look beyond Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse, Deadwood, Sturgis Rally. The Wounded Knee Massacre site is just a couple of hours away. The Badlands are an amazing geological event. The people are terrific, the scenery is unique but it is so isolated. Maybe that's what makes it great...

[Evergrey]

show us Box Elder! i knew a girl from there who went to Penn State... quite a beautiful lass

[Paintballer1708]

The Black Hills are a place i really need to visit.

[bcfranke]

Not much to see in Box Elder, although the is a trailer out there with a yard complete full of the funnest nick naks, I really need to get a pic of it.

[MolsonExport]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/bcfranke/Canon1088.jpg

Maui, Smaui.
Move over, Niagara Falls.
The New Honeymoon destination is the Hotel Alex Johnson!

[xzmattzx]

Let me know an email and which ones you want and I'll send them to you.

Check your Inbox.

[Complex01]

Nice scenic shots. I love hills...

[Magnus1]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/bcfranke/Canon1088.jpg

Maui, Smaui.
Move over, Niagara Falls.
The New Honeymoon destination is the Hotel Alex Johnson!

Actually he did a poor job showing the A. Johnson Hotel (from the back). Its the best in Rapid city. It feels straight out of 'the shining'. From the higher floors on the west side you get amazing views of the black hills which are the tallest Mountains east of the rockies. Your comment/joke was pretty lame... better luck next time.

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/6979/alexjohnsondy1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/8647/ajse2tf2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[bcfranke]

I've been meaning to get some photos of the AJ but I've been back in Las Vegas and L.A. so I haven't had the time.

[RockMont]

That is one of the most spectacular pieces of old time architecture ever. It'll live forever.