The Great American Road Trip Challenge~4.5 years · 48 states · one loop
The Great Plains

Stop 5 · Days 596–597

Pierre

Pierre, SD

One of the smallest and quietest state capitals in the country, on the Missouri River in the middle of the prairie.

Where to stay

You gotta eat this

  • Walleye

    Fresh from the Missouri River reservoirs.

The days here

Each day opens its own hour-by-hour page

  1. 596Day 596 — Capital on the RiverFull day · 2h 30m planned
  2. 597Day 597 — North to North DakotaDrive day · 3h drive

What this stop is made of

  • State Capitols