Denver to Rapid City, SD

Take I-25 North to I-80...go East into Nebraska..exit 59 (hwy 385) That hwy runs right into Rapid City...no mountains...nice easy drive. Once you're in South Dakota it turns into Hwy 79...

We go north on I-25 into Wyoming, then east on US-20, north on US-85, east on US-18 and finally north on SD-79 to Rapid City. Might be a tad longer than some other ways, but the roads are all good and easy.

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Here's the route I took pulling a 40' FW. My overall length with tow vehicle was 55': I-25N -> Cheyenne, just north of Cheyenne pick up US-85 North to Mule Creek Junction, WY, east on US-18 to Hot Springs, SD (taking US-18 Bypass around Hot Springs, finally north on SD-79 to Rapid City. That was 5 years ago and the only hill of note was coming down into Hot Springs. Not too bad. If you want to avoid the southern edge of the Black Hills (Hot Springs), you can go east on US-20 at Lusk, WY and pick up US-385 north just west of Chadron, NE. Finally, pick up SD-79 to Rapid City. If you get into Hot Springs, you missed SD-79 to Rapid City. Hope this helps.

What JoeGood988 said.

I second friend Joegood!!

brooks379 wrote:
What JoeGood988 said.

X2-easy route!

Thank you!
All great recommendation and two endorsements.
You folks and this forum are great!

JoeGood988 wrote:
Take I-25 North to I-80...go East into Nebraska..exit 59 (hwy 385) That hwy runs right into Rapid City...no mountains...nice easy drive. Once you're in South Dakota it turns into Hwy 79...

Another vote for this route. I did this one, and the other recommendation last year, this is the easier of the two.

Another way you can go and it is just as easy but you have about 20 miles of easy driving 2 lane would be to go I 76 east to Sterling, 6 east to 113 north to Sidney, NE and then pick up 385 north to RC,SD it is a little shorter and a very easy drive.