Keystone, South Dakota

About Keystone

Keystone is a tiny community in western South Dakota with an estimated population of 261.

Keystone holds the status of an incorporated town — local government on a neighborly scale. The community covers 3 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 87 residents per square mile.

📰 Keystone News Today

• Road Closure Scheduled on U.S. Highway 16A in Keystone South Dakota State News (.gov) · Sep 28
• Weather Forecast and Conditions for Keystone, South Dakota - The Weather Channel | Weather.com The Weather Channel · Jul 25
• No protesters appear for Trump’s Mount Rushmore fireworks six years after clash resulted in arrests South Dakota Searchlight · Jul 3
• Keystone, SD Weather Forecast – Hourly & 15-Day SpaceRef · Sep 5
• Suspicious package prompts brief evacuation in Keystone; bomb squad clears scene KOTA Territory News · Jul 4

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

Read the latest South Dakota headlines on our news site, Bless News Daily.

What Makes Keystone Unique

• One of 7 places in the US named Keystone — but the South Dakota one has a character all its own.
• Positioned in western South Dakota, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of South Dakota — one of 485 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 13 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Keystone

• Boss Pizza + Chicken — pizza
• Grapes & Grinds (café)
• Mountain Top Grille @ Rushmore Tramway Adventures — burger
• Ruby House
• BrGr 61 — burger
• Keystone House Resturant
• Red's BBQ

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Big Thunder Gold Mine · Museum
• Borglum Story · Museum
• Hall of Records · Attraction
• Keystone Historical Museum · Museum
• Mount Rushmore · Attraction
• Mount Rushmore National Memorial · Attraction
• Rush Mountain Adventure Park1 · Theme park
• Rushmore Tramway Adventures · Attraction
• Sprockets Fun Foundry · Arcade
• Doane Robinson Tunnel · Attraction

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Keystone

• 🏞️ Mount Rushmore National Memorial · National Park reviews ★
• Black Elk Wilderness · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Norbeck Wildlife Preserve reviews ★
• Upper Pine Creek Natural Area reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🌤️ Current Weather

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Source: National Weather Service

🗺️ Map of Keystone

🏘️ Nearby Communities