Taking highway 16 west you will drive into a domed mountain region that extends over an area of about 6,000 square miles. The natural surroundings of Custer State Park is inviting to hikers, bikers, campers, and skiers. Because of its plains and beautiful summits this area has been a natural movie setting for producers playing on the American public’s love affair with the West. The most recent movies filmed in the Black Hills are National Treasure 2, Dances with Wolves and  the TNT production of Crazy Horse. The Black Hills is famous for its gold rush days and lays claim to the only operating gold mine in the United States. This is also home to the world famous Mt. Rushmore, or better known to the residents as The Faces.