Deadwood Walking Tour: Explore Wild West History
3.5
10 Ratings
Deadwood
Embark on a self-guided walking tour through the historic streets of Deadwood, South Dakota. Immerse yourself in the Wild West history of this lawless gold rush town and experience engaging narration and music on your smartphone. Explore at your own pace and enjoy location-aware storytelling. Download the WalknTours app for the best experience.
Duration:
1 hour, 15 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Wild Bill Bar - This is the spot where Wild Bill was shot. Here you’ll hear the story of how he was killed and how he ended up in Deadwood.
What's Included
- Walking Tour of Deadwood on the WalknTours app
- Explore Chinatown, the badlands, Main Street, Adams House Museum, Mt. Moriah Cemetery, and more
- Discover historic wild west sites and their storied past
- Tour never expires - in-person and anytime access to a virtual tour
What's Not Included
- No human in-person guide - this tour is self guided and navigated by the app
- No entrance tickets, this is all outside
Additional Information
Embark on a self-guided journey through the streets of Deadwood as you discover its wild gold rush history and the legends that once roamed its roads.
Why choose this tour?
-Unbeatable value for money
-Professionally narrated with music to capture the spirit of the outlaws
-Freedom to move at your own speed and convenience. Your smart phone becomes your insightful guide.
-Engaging storytelling.
-Geographically conscious, the app triggers the narration when you reach specific points.
-Replay the tour even after you have experienced it on-site.
Signal and data connections in Deadwood, South Dakota are notoriously unreliable. We recommend downloading the WalknTours app and your chosen tour ahead of time to ensure a seamless experience and to sidestep lengthy downloads within Deadwood. If you face any difficulties in downloading, please reach out to us at the earliest and we’ll help you out.
Tailored for the independent traveler, this self-guided tour lets you dictate the pace and timing of your exploration. Your adventure begins at 560 Main Street.
Location
Mr Wu's
Main Street
The tour starts in old Chinatown, the area known as the badlands, which today is the area Mr. Wu's occupies. Here you'll learn about the badlands, and the outlaws that once roamed here.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
3.5
(10 Ratings)
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Gkander
Sep 30, 2023
Highly recommend, especially if you like to walk! - This was a great, inexpensive way to learn about Deadwood at your own pace and on your own schedule. I learned so much about the town on this walking tour!
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Tomkz6952pq
Jul 30, 2023
Great self guided tour - a good way to start your visit to Deadwood - This self guided tour was well done and provided a great introduction into Deadwood, it’s history and colorful past.
The tour was easy to navigate, and I was able to play it on my iPhone, and share the audio via AirPlay with my wife while we did the tour.
Highly recommended - a great value for the money.
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Sticky_wizard
Jul 29, 2023
Good Walking Tour of Deadwood - Lots of good info provided during the tour. Was a good way to experience Deadwood at my own pace…
The app is easy to use, though they do recommend using earbuds… Good advice as a Deadwood can be quite loud during the day with lots of tourists, cars and motorcycles driving through town.
This tour involves a walk to the cemetery… It was a very hot day when I went and I wasn’t going to walk the steep hill. The app does have a feature where you can take a tour virtually, and then drive up to the cemetery later at your leisure.
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Russotravls
Jul 18, 2023
Would definitely recommend this tour. - Great walking tour with lots of fun details. We enjoyed taking the tour at our own pace and stopped for a drink at Saloon 10 and then upstairs for lunch at Deadwood Social Club. Also got to catch the 4:00 gunslinger show in the street just outside Saloon 10. Heed the warning of hilly path to cemetary to see Wild Bill gravesite.
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783kandih
Jun 22, 2023
Self guided tour was perfect!! - This walking tour was perfect for our time in Deadwood! Being able to use our cell phone to walk the streets, as well as pause to go inside and experience the site, was perfect!
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320kristenr
Sep 11, 2023
Deadwood nights and car show - We had no idea that we had arrived on a Deadwood nights and car show event. (Pretty funny actually) It was packed and it was difficult to maneuver and hear the tour. But, we did make the best of it and it was helpful. I definitely back up previous suggestions to use ear buds.
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Tsnnty
Jul 9, 2023
MEH - its ok stop. mostly casinos and t-shirt shops. saw tons of kids but not really a kids place. had to search for a restaurant that WASNT a bar of casino
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Glw186
Aug 5, 2023
Vices galore - The history was interesting, but it is a noisy place (bricks for road). That made listening to the walking tour hard to do at times. We enjoyed the museum as it was very informative of the history of Deadwood.
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Barbara_m
Sep 3, 2023
Nobody was there to meet... - Nobody was there to meet us... to send us off. No one personally made it a point to greet us and give us a review of how this worked. Ended up leaving and not taking the tour at all. Should have booked a trolley tour. They had a guide.
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Larry_v
Jul 24, 2023
NOT RECOMMEND!!! - Not good at all!!! Could NOT use it!!! Had to download Viator and before being able to do anything, had to use WhatsApp, then was told to call a number, then the person sent me a text to download another app, WalknTours, then, register and follow instructions on the app, download it!!! Well, it was downloading and downloading, and downloading!!! After 1-1/2 hours, it was still telling me it was downloading! Well, we walked, visited different places, spent a few hours there, returned home, and the app stopped!!! Never was able to download anything!!! After paying twice, once for two people and another for one…. I have two apps, which didn’t work and don’t need!!!!!!! Needless to say, I’m deleting and NOT using ever again!
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