The byway crosses the reservations of four tribes of Lakota Sioux: Crow Creek, Lower Brule, Cheyenne River, and Standing Rock. Its many memorial markers, monuments, museums, and sacred sites commemorate the heritage of the Sioux Nation and help you hear history from the Native American point of view.

Federal Highway Administration, America’s Byways
Length
350 mi / 563.3 km
Time to allow
5.5 hours to drive the byway
Fees
None

Who looks after this road

  • Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe · 605-964-7812 · their site
  • Lower Brule Sioux Tribal Tourism · 605-473-5561 · their site
  • Sitting Bull College · 701-854-8010

We publish 6 places that sit on this road, across 2 states, listed in the order you meet them. This is not a route and not a drive time — it is the names, so you can put them into whatever navigation you already use.

Of those, 1 is a roadside oddity — the sort of thing you would drive past without knowing it was there.

“Off” is a straight line from the place to the road, rounded. It is not a driving distance, and the road itself is a simplified centre line, so treat a mile or two as noise.

  1. PierreSD1 mile off

    In our guide: 2 lakes

  2. Lake SharpeSD2 miles offLake

    reservoir

    Boating
    Boating and fishing; Left Tailrace boat ramp and courtesy dock; boats barred 500 ft below dam
    Fishing
    yes - walleye, sauger, smallmouth bass, white bass, channel catfish, northern pike
    Camping
    Left Tailrace campground: electric hookups, showers, dump station

  3. Big Bend DamSDon the road

    Also here: Lake Sharpe, Fort Thompson

    No guide of our own yet — the name is here so you can find it.

  4. Al's OasisSD3 miles offRoadside oddity

    Old-school stop with 5-cent coffee and buffalo burgers

  5. Oahe DamSD4 miles off

    Also here: Lake Oahe

    No guide of our own yet — the name is here so you can find it.

  6. Lake OaheSD3 miles offLake

    reservoir

    Boating
    Boating, skiing, tubing, paddling; boat ramps around the lake
    Fishing
    yes - walleye, channel catfish, smallmouth bass, northern pike; stocked salmon
    Camping
    Corps campgrounds at Beaver Creek, Cattail Bay, Hazelton; others by state, tribes