University of South Dakota
Vermillion, SD · Public university
1 minwalk to the closest stay
3stays inside a 20-min walk
3stays inside a 10-min drive
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Hotels near colleges in South Dakota
2 campuses13 places to stay measured
By the numbers
2 schools in South Dakota are on this site, with 13 places to stay measured around them. Every one of them has a place to stay no more than about a 10-minute walk from the tour start or the campus edge. The shortest walk we measured here is about 1 minute, at University of South Dakota.
How to read these counts
A "10-minute walk" is our estimate from map distance to where the visit starts, or to the campus edge when we have not pinned that down; each school's page says which. Map dated November 2026. The full method
Every school we cover in South Dakota
2 schools in South Dakota, in A to Z order
South Dakota State University
Brookings, SD · Public university
4 minwalk to the closest stay10stays inside a 20-min walk10stays inside a 10-min drive
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About these lists
Which colleges in South Dakota do you cover?
2 four-year schools in South Dakota: the larger public and private universities plus the liberal arts colleges families tour most. For-profit and online-only schools are left out.
Can you walk from a hotel to campus at schools in South Dakota?
At 2 of the 2, the map shows a place to stay no more than about a 20-minute walk from the tour start or the campus edge. Each school's page lists them closest first.
Do the pages cover graduation as well as tours?
Every page explains what its minutes run to, and the graduation guide covers when rooms sell out.
Where do the walking minutes come from?
From OpenStreetMap distances, turned into minutes by a fixed rule. Breakfast is listed for 2 schools' nearby hotels by brand standard. How the minutes are measured.