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The Perfect Family Destination - Fort Pierre, South Dakota

The AmericInn of Fort Pierre is the perfect family destination.  We have spacious accommodations, a large pool, whirlpool and complimentary Enhanced AmericInn Perk breakfast with biscuits and sausage gravy, a large lobby with comfortable conversation areas.

With its convenient location, Kids Stay for Free program, spacious family-style accommodations and signature suites sleeping up to 5 people, complimentary AmericInn Perk breakfast and high-speed Internet access, the AmericInn Lodge & Suites of Fort Pierre provides the ideal setting for your next family vacation. Fort Pierre, South Dakota provides year-round fun and excitement for the whole family. In the fall and winter, skiing, sledding, and hot chocolate by the fireplace will keep everyone in high spirits. In the spring and summertime you'll find hiking, swimming, golf, fishing, and more for the whole family to enjoy together.

Family Attractions and Activities

Dunes Golf Course
Address: 111 Fort Chateau Road, Fort Pierre, SD 57532
Distance: 2.6 miles
Phone: 605-223-2525
Email: dunesdeis@aol.com
Website: www.golfdunes.com

Hillsview Golf Course
Address: 4201 East Highway 34, Pierre, SD 57501
Distance: 4.8 miles
Phone: 605-224-6191
Email: info@hillsviewgolfcourse.com
Website: www.hillsviewgolfcourse.com

The State Capitol - Completed in 1910, the Capitol is stunning with its dramatic murals, stained glass, elaborate tilework and collections of sculpture and art.
Address: 500 East Capitol Avenue, Pierre, SD 57501
Distance: 1.9 miles
Hours of Operation: Open 365 days a year from 8:00am - 10:00pm.

South Dakota Cultural Heritage Center - The extensive collections of the South Dakota Cultural Heritage Center preserve the historical and cultural legacy of the state's early Sioux inhabitants and the first waves of European settlers.  Open year-round, the museum features permanent, rotating and traveling exhibits.  Admission is charge; kids under 18 are admitted free.
Address: 900 Governors Drive, Pierre, SD 57501
Distance: 2.7 miles
Phone: 605-773-2885

South Dakota National Guard Museum - Established in 1862 as a frontier militia, the South Dakota National Guard is tightly woven into the state's history.  The South Dakota National Guard Museum in Pierre is the state's repository for relics, memorabilia and historical documents relating to the Guard's activities from the late 1800s through recent peacekeeping missions.
Address: 301 East Dakota, Pierre, SD 57501
Distance: 1.7 miles
Phone: 605-224-9991

South Dakota Discovery Center and Aquarium - Fun, interactive learning is the focus of the South Dakota Discovery Center and Aquarium.  More than 60 hands-on exhibits illustrate principles of electricity, magnetism, life sciences, telecommunications and physics.  The center's aquarium features fish species native to the Missouri River.
Address: 805 West Sioux Avenue, Pierre, SD 57501
Distance: 0.9 miles
Phone: 605-224-8295
Website: www.sd-discovery.com

Oahe Dam Visitor Center - Offering great views of South Dakota's largest lake, the Oahe Dam Visitor Center presents a complete history of Lake Oahe and its surroundings.  Exhibits describe the exploration, settlement and natural history of Lake Oahe and the Missouri River, as well as the construction of the Oahe Dam and power plant.
Address: Seven miles north of Pierre on SD Highway 1804
Phone: 605-224-5862
Hours of Operation: Memorial Day through Labor Day

Fort Pierre Chouteau - In the mid-1800s, Fort Pierre Chouteau was the largest trading post on the upper Missouri River, a thriving community of traders, trappers and Native Americans.  Today, not much remains of the fort's wooden bastions and buildings but the site, a National Historic Landmark, interests archaeologists, who hold excavations there each summer.

Verendrye Museum - Named for the first Europeans to visit South Dakota, the Verendrye Museum is located on Deadwood Street in Fort Pierre.  The Museum houses pioneer relics and a reproduction of the lead tablet brothers Chevalier and Louis la Verendrye buried in a bluff above the Missouri River, thereby claiming for France the territory that eventually became the Louisiana Purchase.
Address: 115 Deadwood Street, Fort Pierre, SD 57532
Distance: 1 mile
Phone: 605-223-7761
Hours of Operation: Open Memorial Day through Labor Day.