We got the chance to visit the geographic center of the US while on our visit to the middle of the country and here is a quick video from it. The "Geographic Center of the US" is a bit contrived as it only includes the 48 contiguous states and Alaska. Hawaii is not included in this designation so I guess in reality I visited a flag planted in concrete on some ranch out in the middle of BFUSA.
To get to the marker we drove out to a place called Belle Fourche. Belle Fourche has a population of just slightly less than 4500 and is surrounded by miles and miles of absolutely nothing. Once we got to BF (the initials are VERY appropriate) we got directions and off we went. The directions included such things as "when you get to the silver pole barn" and "take the dirt road" and that should have been a clue. We took route 85 north of the city for the 13 miles and then took a left and drove out the dirt road for an additional 7.5 miles.
The drive out to the site on the dirt road was desolate as we didn't pass another person or vehicle. We didn't even pass a house! We did, however, pass two ICBM Minute Men missile silos. There are pictures of those in the second set of pictures I've posted on my trip.
If your future travels call for you being in the Belle Fourche area of South Dakota I would suggest that this site be passed up if you are in any sort of hurry although if you are a geek like me then get up that dirt road! Enjoy the video!
The second video is from The Black Hills. Enjoy!
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