Custer S.D. in Sept

[tbritt580]

Headed out the first week of Sept from Austin Tx, any ideas of a route that is RV frindly.

[tbritt580]

Thanks to one and all....your inputs have widend my choices and all good ones, based on round trip we'll be able to see more both ways.

[TexasShadow]

Ditto to 385 from amarillo all the way up

[3oaks]

As Thom, said.

Just to add a little. We stayed at the campground in Nebraska's National Forest for awhile. It's unbelievable. It is a man made forest planted many, many years ago. If you go that route, the area between the national forest and Chadron, which has a nice park also, you will travel through the Sand Hills of Nebraska. Lots old western. history there. Also, west of Chadron, not to far, is Fort Robinson S.P. It is well worth a side trip if you have the time. Camping, museum and old historic sites located in the area. Fort Robinson started out as a trading post, became a fort used during the Calvary days right up and through WWI and WWII.

[Thom02099]

tbritt580 wrote:
Headed out the first week of Sept from Austin Tx, any ideas of a route that is RV frindly.

Depending on your time frame, consider US 385 all the way up from Lubbock area to Custer. You'll go through the Colorado Outback area (extreme eastern Colorado) and into Nebraska near Julesburg CO. I did the Nebraska/South Dakota portion last week, it's a good road, not heavily travelled and good for RV travel. Only real steep part (relatively speaking) is in the area of the Nebraska National Forest between Chadron and Alliance, a beautiful and unexpected area of Nebraska. Some ups/downs, but there's passing lanes. Once in SD, there's a climb of sorts up to Hot Springs, but it's a good road, again having climb lanes available. From Hot Springs to Custer is an easy drive and beautiful scenery.

[padredw]

Just a personal opinion and preference, but I would rather swing over to Lubbock (or Childress), Amarillo and up through Colorado on I-25 than to go up through Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska; but you will find others with a different opinion. Depends on whether you have time and inclination to see some other areas along the way. It really boils down to a personal choice.

BTW, we spent a week in Custer, SD at the Custer's Gulch RV Park and found it a great base to see all the great attractions in the area.

[3oaks]

Can't answer about the best route for you. But I can tell you September is one of the best times to enjoy the area around Custer S.D. We have been camping at Custer S.P., SD every year for the past 14 years. We join others from around the state of SD and some from other states, in the same campground every year.