Peter Norbeck National Scenic Byway in the Black Hills National Forest in the southwestern part of South Dakota. It is a loop which enters Black Hills National Forest, Custer State Park, and the Mount Rushmore National Memorial; the byway also travels within five miles of the Crazy Horse Memorial. The byway is named after Peter Norbeck, who served as governor of and senator for South Dakota.
Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway is the name associated with the most popular, not to be missed, road going through the Custer State Park. This road is sub-divided into three roads; Iron Mountain Road — Needles Highway — Wildlife Loop Road.
The byway enters Custer State Park along its south-eastern edge and turns west at its intersection with Iron Mountain Road toward Mount Rushmore and away from Custer State Park. The Iron Mountain Road portion of the highway includes three tunnels and pigtail bridges is within the Iron Mountain Road. You should take this portion going North because of the tunnels that were carved for construction of the road align with a view of Mount Rushmore when you are driving North.
I entered the byway from Hill City as shown below. I missed much of the Iron Mountain Section, because I hadn’t reviewed the route and went to Rapid City trying to get my Nikon camera to function! Cell Phone camera works fine, but, my old Nikon has controls the Cell Phone does not offer.
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