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It’s about a hundred miles south of the Crazy Horse memorial which is in the general area of Mount Rushmore. </p>
<p>We stopped at Fort Robinson on the way to Mount Rushmore. We were heading there from Colorado so we went partially along the Oregon Trail route. Along the way are Chimney Rock and Scottsbluff. </p>
<p>Since you’re headed to SLC you could head out I-90 through South Dakota to Badlands NP and Mount Rushmore NP. You could then take hwy 385 south from the area of Mount Rushmore towards Nebraska. You could stop at Wind Cave NP at the south end of Custer SP. Continue south on 385 to hwy 20 in Nebraska and head west where you’ll come across Fort Robinson just west of the town of Crawford. After Fort Robinson you could head south on hwy 71 to Scotts Bluff NatMt. From there you can continue south on hwy 71 to I-80 and then head west towards SLC.</p>
<p>We went as far as the parking lot of the Crazy Horse memorial but got turned-off of it when we realized it’s a private venture wanting IMO too much money to go look at it. We turned around in the parking lot and left. After seeing Mount Rushmore I think it’d be disappointing but that’s just me.</p>
<p>If you’re planning to stop at Mount Rushmore make sure you watch that old Hitchcock movie ‘North by Northwest’ first to get into the mood.</p>
<p>Here’s a link for Fort Robinson -
[Nebraska</a> Game and Parks Commission - Parks - Area Search](<a href=“http://www.ngpc.state.ne.us/parks/guides/parksearch/showpark.asp?Area_No=77]Nebraska”>http://www.ngpc.state.ne.us/parks/guides/parksearch/showpark.asp?Area_No=77)</p>
<p>I second the WWII U-Boat exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry at Chicago!!! Just went a couple of weeks ago, and it is an astonishing story and exhibit.</p>
<p>I like hiking up Scottsbluff in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, too. And the Saturday night prime rib buffet at the Chances R restaurant in York, Nebraska is not to be missed.</p>
<p>If you head into southern Utah, Delicate Arch at Arches National Park is a really unique and beautiful site.</p>
<p>I do now remember that the Crazy Horse memorial is private, but I didn’t realize it was expensive. Just looked it up – $10 per person, or $27/car. That picture of the laser light show looks pretty cool, though. We’ll have to see.</p>
<p>If Arches National Park is what you see from Lake Powell, then I’ve been there, too. Well, I saw at least one arch, and it was amazing. Lake Powell itself was amazing. I would love to spend more time in southern Utah, but it probably won’t happen this trip.</p>
<p>Those two suggestions off of I-90 sound good. I’ll have to figure out where they are.</p>
<p>What’s the hike near Scottsbluff like?</p>
<p>I’m not a big fan of caves, so I probably will avoid the spelunking opportunities.</p>
<p>Arches NP is different than the arch you see from Lake Powell. It’s a park with a number of arches. There are also lots of hikes/mountain biking/4-wheeling in the Arches NP area but in the summer it can be very hot so you’ll likely not want to do a lot of hiking there that time of year other than shorter walks from the pullouts to the particular arches. It’s still worth driving through and seeing the viewpoints if you’re in the area.</p>
<p>I remember some easy short hikes in the Scottsbluff area. The website for it might have a description.</p>
<p>Utah is a beautiful state full of national parks for good reason so if you have the time they’re worth seeing.</p>