The Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, South Dakota Review

Very interesting. Never new there was mamaths in this area. Very nice well displayed place. Good for kids!!

The video was very informative. Oliver, our tour guide was very informative

My husband and I both thought this place was really cool! Perfect for the whole family. Staff were friendly and informative and the self guided tour app was great.

My family made a trip to Mammoth Site during a recent vacation. Each of us found it to be interesting and enjoyed the visit. It's difficult to find things we all enjoy as our children range in age from infant to young adult. It is certainly worth your time.

My granddaughter and I spent a half day here and she liked it as much as I did.

You have to visit this, it is incredible. I wish the tour guide was a little more enthusiastic, but I understand the monotony of saying the same thing over and over again, all day, every day for months on end. 5 star rating is for the importance of this scientific find.

Edit: rated 5 stars, changed to 4 some how, and now I fixed it back to 5!

Not having high expectations, I was pleasantly impressed with the place. Educational as well as fun. Good for whole family.

It's a working site, so that was very interesting. Be fun to be a part of digging up very old mammoth and other animal bones. And to think they have much land to uncover yet. Awesome.

Awesome site. Crazy to think that mammoths were here so many years ago! The tour is very informative and guide answered any questions people had. Lots of fossils to see.

Really glad we found this place. How fun it would be to work there! Highly recommend.

Interesting and informative tour. Some good examples of the dig and some well presented information boards and exhibits.

History, prehistoric creatures (or fossils), and unique experiences are all things I enjoy, and this site does not disappoint any of the 3. If you are in any way interested in this type of attraction, you will be glad you took the tour. The (indoor) dig site is incredible, and the price is reasonable and worth the stop if you are near Hot Springs.

Impressive!! Very informative and so many helpful guides. This was one of my favorite places in me trip to South Dakota. I learned so mu from this place.

Really awesome place, make time to do the tour, we're blessed that this place is there and it is indoors

The really stepped up during covid and have an app for self guided tours. Really interesting information! We loved how you could see people excavating the fossils on site. Very helpful staff too!

We really enjoyed this. Intro movie followed by guided tour of active dig site containing the world's largest collection of Mammoth bones, all under one roof.

Very interesting and educational. This is a great place for families! Stop in and visit and learn about Mammoth's and how this site developed into such a rich array of fossils.

Very interesting. A good tour, and you could spend as much time as you needed to really study the dig.

Well worth it and if you go you should definitely take the tour or wait for one because it costs no more and it's very informative.

Editing the review as I confused it with Mammoth Hot Springs in yellowstone. The mammoth hot springs in SD is a great spot to see mammoth fossil. We took the guided tour and would recommend this stop to anyone travelling from Mt rushmore to yellowstone

The video at the beginning of the tour was the best part. Very informative. Definite worth visiting.

Self-guided tour was great. Also, people to answer questions were very knowledgeable. Nice gift shop. Pretty grounds.

We dig mammoths! This was a fantastic tour and site. Something you won't see anywhere else. Highly recommended.

We were surprised at how much there was at the site to explore. It was very interesting and lots for kids of all ages to do! Love the hands on dig and great gift shop. My grandkids love their gifts.

This place is magical! An active site where it changes almost every time you go. Always something new to learn here!

Exceeds all expectations. Incredible site. Puts many things in perspective.

Awesome! Great tour guides, very informative and amazing that you're right in the dig!

This place is awesome. My youngest daughter told her grandparents about it, almost exactly verbatim from what the tour guide said. She decided she was going to be a "digger" right then and there.
Its worth the drive to Hot Springs...do NOT miss this.

I was amazed that a dinosaur dig with a building over the site they were discovered would have even existed. I gotta say it was a great idea, and I think it's great that the public has the opportunity to visit an open put dig with the largest concentration of Mammoth bones in North America.

We were able to chat with the grad student digging in the pit, what a grand place to explore! Totally worth going here!!!

Wonderful mammoth site. We had a wonderful tour guide

For excavation searchers, this was pretty cool. It was a bit of a drive south of Rapid City but worth it for the kids.

Kids enjoyed it. They really enjoyed optional jr digging

Such an informative and interesting site! Lots to take in here, so be sure to allot yourself ample time!

We drove to Hot Springs specifically to go to this site. It was several hours drive away from where we were headed. Their website allowed us to book tickets for May 21st. When we arrived at the site we were told it wasn t open until the next day. We were disappointed but thought no big deal, we will get a refund got our tickets. Except they refused to give us a refund. Stating that the website is run by a third party and we would have to call them. I consider that to get ridiculous! They wouldn t take responsibility for a mistake that shouldn t have happened! I wouldn t give money to an organization who refuses to take responsibility for their mistake. I get that stuff sometimes happens in life and mistakes are made but they should have enough integrity to be responsible and fix the mistakes.

Great place with an active dig site... very educational!

Really neat! And all enclosed. Over 60 Mammoth skeletons found there so far.

The visitor center/museum was really cool. I cannot emphasize how amazing the tour guide was. You get to see the live dig site!

Fascinating place! Alexa our tour guide was fantastic. Spoke cleary and very knowledgeable about the mammoth site. Very informative.

Absolutely wonderful, for all ages! Resonably priced, you can wander for however long. Will go back. And you can watch as they are actively digging.

Very informative self tour. Affordable.price for a tour of an active excavation site. Staff were so friendly and knowledgable. I would recommend for any tourist or local resident.

So education! Everyone kids to grandparents loved!

Plenty of fossils. Lots of history. Tour guides are very generous. I got on a tour with Tianna. She was very nice, especially on her first week of touring! She also was nice to our dog and made sure we had an enjoyable time. Free WiFi, and access to plenty of bathrooms. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who loves history and learning about it!

Marleigh our guide was very nice and knowledgeable, was amazing site to see, will come back when we can.

Very cool to have such a wonderful place in the USA. Educational. Enjoyable. Even sad. Gives you a life perspective you seldom have.

Probably my favorite stop in SD. Spent a few hours there and came away with a great appreciation for the research being done. The faculty, interns, and volunteers are extremely passionate and knowledgeable. A must if you are at all interested in the sciences.

A must for any dinosaur enthusiest.
Great for kids as well.

The tour was great and the video interesting. I loved learning more about mammoths.

Awesome dig site that is open to viewing. Wonderful scientific opportunity.

This was one of the coolest places I have been. The information was so cool. And a super amazing look into an an ancient world!

Ok this had to be the coolest museum we went to on our vacation.

This place was awesome. We drove by and decided to stop. Wow !!! We we're not expecting what we saw and learned . If you can stop you won't be disappointed .

The video at the beginning of the tour was the best part. Very informative. Definite worth visiting.

Very educational and interesting place. My daughter loved digging for fossils.

One-of-a-kind Museum that should not be missed when you're in the area. Exhibits are educational and kids will be entertained. Watch paleontologists dig for Mammoth bones and see how they process them in the lab.

First time here. Well worth it. If you are in town, make time to check it out.

I was worried this would be more for kids.
While it's a great place to take children, you can also come as an adult. Mammoth bones are for everyone, and there was one other couple there at the same time as us sans children. The tour was really nice because there's dedicated take picture time after all the information and you can walk around freely to take them. I didn't have to juggle listening and snapping photos because of this.

So many cool REAL mammoth bones. It is a real excavation site from o former sink hole that unfortunately led to the death of a lot of wooly mammoths. The information guy we talked to said there were at least 120 tusks that had been dug up! It was very cool. And there were also bones of other extinct animals, as well.

Great place to take the family at a fair price and a very polite and knowledgeable staff.

The fact that there is still 45 feet to dig with the knowledge that there is still remains was exciting to hear. Tour guide very knowledgeable and enthusiastic.

Easy quick stop that is open year round. You can choose a self guided tour or join a group. Brought our three year old and she did okay. Had a few kid friendly activities.

We were overwhelmed. Super professional: film / guide and exhibition.
For us a special natural phenomenon, what has happened here and is slowly revealed.

Just amazing! It is one of the most fascinating places I have ever been.

Great educational museum. Very friendly staff. The history of the mammoths is amazing as well as how long this took to form. How deep the out goes surprised me. Haven't been here in 40 years and it sure has changed for the better.

Amazing treasure unsurpassed anywhere. Well worth visiting for all ages.

Knew that this was a must see attraction for my 9 year old daughter. She loves anything related to paleontology. We were not disappointed making the trip south of Rapid City to see this. I also recommend buying a bag of dirt to run through the sluice. Highly recommend for kids and families that love science, especially paleontology. Wish we could have seen someone working at the dig site. Will visit again if we return to the area.

Affordable compared to other attractions. Extremely informative and enjoyable for both kids and adults.

Very interesting site to visit. Guided tour is part of admission. The dig site is all under roof.

Very cool experience! If you love archeological related things this is the spot for you!

Fantastic! Hard to believe how many fossils they have found at the site