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Rapid City, South Dakota

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Rapid City is the largest city within a 50 mile [80 km] radius.

The next largest community is Central Pennington. It lies immediately south of Rapid City and has a population of 13,369 people.<1>

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Belle Fourche-Cheyenne Valleys   NE36 mi [57.9 km]5,9872.17% increase
 Belle Fourche   NW50 mi [80.5 km]4,9799.07% increase
 Box Elder   E8 mi [12.87 km]3,51723.79% increase
 Custer   SW28 mi [45.06 km]1,9404.3% increase
 Hot Springs   S46 mi [74 km]4,0282.45% decrease
 Lead   NW32 mi [51.5 km]2,8924.46% decrease
 Mount Rushmore   SW10 mi [16.09 km]6,8006.9% increase
 North Lawrence   NW40 mi [64.4 km]5,5554.75% increase
 South Lawrence   NW29 mi [46.67 km]2,41312.44% increase
 Southwest Meade   N20 mi [32.19 km]10,2036.14% decrease
 Spearfish   NW41 mi [66 km]10,01016.31% increase
 Sturgis   NW27 mi [43.45 km]5,9507.64% decrease
 West Custer   SW39 mi [62.8 km]---
 West Pennington   W27 mi [43.45 km]1,86820.28% increase
 Newcastle (WY)   W50 mi [80.5 km]3,39010.6% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Ashland Heights   NE6 mi [9.66 km]---
 Blackhawk   NW6 mi [9.66 km]---
 Colonial Pine Hills   SW6 mi [9.66 km]---
 East Custer   S25 mi [40.23 km]---
 Fairburn   S26 mi [41.84 km]756.25% decrease
 Green Valley   SE6 mi [9.66 km]---
 Hermosa   S16 mi [25.75 km]35011.11% increase
 Hill City   SW19 mi [30.58 km]90816.41% increase
 Keystone   SW15 mi [24.14 km]3161.61% increase
 New Underwood   E19 mi [30.58 km]6759.58% increase
 Rapid City East   SE13 mi [20.92 km]1,42525.88% increase
 Rapid Valley   E4 mi [6.44 km]---
 Silver City   W16 mi [25.75 km]---
 Sioux Village   N2 mi [3.22 km]---
 Summerset   NW10 mi [16.09 km]---

Pennington County

Rapid City is located in Pennington County and is the county seat.

Below are counties that are near Rapid City (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Rapid City:

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Rapid City
 Butte County   NEmpire37 miles [59 km]
 Custer County   SHermosa16 miles [25 km]
 Lawrence County   NWNemo15 miles [24 km]
 Meade County   NWBlackhawk6 miles [9 km]
 Shannon County   SERed Shirt32 miles [51 km]



Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Rapid City. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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Footnotes

<1>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Rapid City.

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<2>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Rapid City and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<3>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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