The Mammoth Site is Great !! You need to check it out for Yourself. In the midst of a growing cluster of very worthless "attractions" in the Black Hills; Cosmos Mystery House, Water Slide World, The Great Maze, Presidential Wax Museum, etc, etc. The Mammoth Site in Hot Springs is a True Gem !!! It is Great for every member... more

Great family experience.The site is centered around a pre-historic mud pit that became the final resting place for hundreds of mammoths. The museum is built around the site where active excuvation is still ongoing, we even saw them exposing more bones during our visit. We had seven people in our group adults and kids and we all loved it. We... more

Our tour guide was great! Once you get there and purchase your tour tickets, you can view a short video while you wait for your tour to start (We only had to wait about 8 minutes.) The tour was about a half an hour informative tour of the site. Our great guide showed us all the important discoveries and made... more

You shouldn't miss this dig site - it is a site in action. Which fits in with the Crazy Horse Memorial as you can see mountain carving in progress. While that is on a momumental mountain side scale, the mammoth site is on a smaller more up close scale but it is spectacular in the sheer quantity of visible remains.... more

My husband and I LOVED this site! It was one of the best places we went to while in SD! Many of the other reviews discuss what this place is and they are right on! I would HIGHLY recommend this place, very historic, fun to see, and great 1/2 tour! The price is now $8.00 and worth every penny! We... more

The Mammoth Site museum is well worth the $7 entry fee. The exhibit and tour is put together well and interesting. They have an astounding number of mammoth remains and do an excellent job sharing their find and information with the public. more

My kids loved digging up mammoth bones. The girls that ran the Jr Archaeologist program did an excellent job. Be sure to get a picture inside the mammoth bone hut! more

I never knew this was here, but it's a building built around a site where some mammoth bones were dug up back in the 70s. Instead of moving them as they found them, they've let them there. Apparently, the site used to be a sink hole during the ice age and over 50 mammoths fell in and became fossils. You... more

Toured in July, 2007. I can't say that I ever thought that South Dakota would be home to a major dig of mammoths! Surprised to find that it truly is. Apparently, a bunch of the big rascals went and died in a South Dakota spring about 26,000 years ago. Push forward to 1974, and a local developer was getting ready... more