Explore Wildlife at Bear Country USA in Rapid City

#Welcome to Bear Country USA!

We have a Special for Mother's Day 5/11/25! Just pay at Admissions that Day.

##Admission Pricing: Adults (Ages 13 - 61): $24 Child (Ages 5 - 12): $19 Young Child (Ages 4 and under): Free

Maximum Price Per Vehicle: $80 This is the maximum per passenger vehicle. Meaning we charge per person and once it hits this maximum, that is what you pay for the vehicle.

Guests/Groups arriving in buses MUST purchase entry tickets at front gate upon arrival!

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##About Very few people have had a full-grown black bear look in the window of their family car, or if they have, it was not by choice. Even fewer have seen a reindeer or an elk up close. However, many people are getting experiences like these at Bear Country U.S.A. in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

• Nestled on approximately 200 acres amidst towering pines and along rolling meadows just eight miles south of Rapid City, Bear Country U.S.A. offers visitors intimate views of most North American mammals. Visitors take a leisurely two-mile drive through several enclosures and encounter black bear, elk, reindeer, deer, cougars, bobcats, rocky mountain goats, bighorn sheep, pronghorn and buffalo.
• At Bear Country U.S.A. guests are guaranteed to see more than they bargained for. From the comfort of their own car, visitors watch as these clowns of nature frolic in a pool, climb trees and amble across the road in front of their vehicle.

Rules & Regulations:

• Please observe CDC recommendations due to COVID-19 for the protection of staff, visitors and animals.
• Practice social distancing.
• All persons entering this wildlife park do so at their own risk to person, property and health.
• All persons must remain in their vehicle at all times with all doors and sunroofs tightly closed.
• Windows must be closed at all times.
• Feeding of animals is strictly prohibited.
• Should you develop car trouble, do not attempt to leave your vehicle. Turn on your hazard lights and sound your horn to summon assistance.
• Commercial rights to all photographs remain the property of Bear Country USA.
• No selfie sticks in the Wildlife Walk area
• Do not reach selfie sticks inside animal pens.