Dinosaur Park

Dinosaur Park is a tourist attraction and dinosaur park in Rapid City, South Dakota, United States. Dedicated on May 22, 1936, it contains seven dinosaur sculptures on a hill overlooking the city, created to capitalize on the tourists coming to the Black Hills to see Mount Rushmore. Constructed by the City of Rapid City and the Works Progress Administration, WPA Project #960's dinosaurs were designed by Emmet Sullivan. Sullivan also designed the Apatosaurus at Wall Drug nearby in Wall, South Dakota, the Christ of the Ozarks statue in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, and the dinosaurs at the now closed Dinosaur World in Beaver, Arkansas.

For the 1989 novel also known as The Thirteenth Majestral, see Dinosaur Park (novel). For The World Heritage Site in Alberta, Canada, see Dinosaur Provincial Park.
Dinosaur Park
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Apatosaurus sculpture
Location940 Skyline Dr.,
Rapid City, South Dakota
Coordinates44°4′40.6″N 103°14′45″W
BuiltMay 22, 1936 (1936-05-22)
ArchitectEmmet Sullivan
Architectural styleVernacular
WebsiteOfficial website
NRHP reference No.90000956
Added to NRHPJune 21, 1990

The park is located at 940 Skyline Drive and is maintained by the city of Rapid City. Admission is free; however, steep flagstone stairs may limit handicapped accessibility. The park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 21, 1990.

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