2010 Clean Cities Coordinator Leadership Retreat
Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn
Rapid City, SD
September 20 - 24, 2010

Hotel Information

• WorldNews - Global Newspaper Service
• High Speed Internet Access 
• Check-In Time: 4:00 PM
• Check-Out Time: 12:00 PM
• Hotel is located Downtown Rapid City

Attractions

Local Information

• Golf within 1 MI  /  1.61 KM
• Shopping within 1 MI  /  1.61 KM
• Tennis within 1 MI  /  1.61 KM

Attractions

• Mount Rushmore National Monument (20 MI)
• Badlands National Park (65 MI)
  • Containing the world’s richest Oligocene epoch fossil beds, dating 37-28 million years old, the evolutionary stories of mammals such as the horse and rhinoceros arise from the 244,000 acres of sharply eroded buttes, pinnacles, and spires. Bison, bighorn sheep, endangered black-footed ferrets, and swift fox roam one of the largest, protected mixed-grass prairies in the United States. For more information about Badlands National Park please visit the website.
    
• Crazy Horse Memorial (45 MI)
• Rushmore Plaza Civic Center (0 MI)
• Reptile Gardens (5 MI)
• Bear Country (6 MI)
• Keystone (15 MI)
• Waterslide Park (4 MI)
• Ellsworth Air force Base (5 MI)
• Flinstone Viilage (52 MI)
• Downtown (0 MI)
• Keystone, SD (15 MI)
• Black Hills State University (45 MI)
• South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (2 MI)
• Wind Cave
  • The Wind Cave area has been protected since 1903, when it became our seventh oldest national park. Regarded as sacred by American Indians, cave exploration did not begin until 1881, when the entrance was noticed by two brothers, Jesse and Tom Bingham. They heard a loud whistling noise, which led them to a small hole in the ground, the cave's only natural opening.  For more information about Wind Cave National Park please visit the website.

Transportation

Rapid City Regional Airport (RAP)

• Distance: 12 MI/19.31 KM East to Hotel
• Complimentary Airport Shuttle
• Taxi Charge (one way):  $12.00  (USD)
• Time by taxi:  20 minutes
• East from Airport Terminal 12 miles. Turn Right on 5 th street. 2 blocks to Holiday Inn.

Must See:
Situated among cliffs and deep canyons, Badlands National Park features unique formations and beautiful prairies. From hiking to bird watching, you'll find plenty of adventures at this park, about an hour from the hotel's location in Rapid City, SD.

Must Do:
Plan to spend time at The Journey Museum, just one block from our hotel in Rapid City, SD. Journey back in time to the age of the dinosaurs, discover the spirit of the Lakota and explore the western frontier through the museum's collections and exhibits.

What's New:
See the youngest and newest animals exhibited in the Babyland area of Bear Country USA in Rapid City, South Dakota. Our hotel's guests enjoy this drive-through park, which is home to more than 20 species of North American animals like black bears and elk.

Don't Go Home Without:
With the faces of four presidents carved in a granite mountainside, Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a symbol of America's hopes and dreams. Rent an audio tour and hear the story behind this monument, located 20 miles from our hotel in Rapid City, SD.

Tips:
If you're looking for a bit of history and a unique photo op, stroll downtown and have your picture taken with one of the bronze, life-size statues of our former presidents.

U.S. DOE/NETL Event Management
Cindy L. Taylor, Event Coordinator
3610 Collins Ferry Road
P.O. Box 880, MS A09
Morgantown, WV 26507
Telephone: (304) 285-4750
Facsimile: (304) 285-4459
E-mail: Cynthia.Taylor@PR.NETL.DOE.GOV