Riding Needles Highway features spectacular Black Hills scenery including; granite spires, the Needles Eye, narrow tunnels and hairpin curves. It is a part of the South Dakota Highway 87 and goes through the Black Hills mountain range and Custer State Park. It is also a section of the Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway, which is 109 km long, is in shape of the figure 8 and runs along the high granite peaks, pine forests, tunnels and rock formations.
The Needle’s Eye is one of the most memorable granite needles along the ride, with its signature ‘eye’ formed by countless years of rain, ice and wind.
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