Welcome to Black Hills Rentals, where you'll find a delightful
selection of secluded, private forested vacation log homes and
cabins for rent.
We also have an executive 3 level home across from a golf course, and
a historic 5 acre ranch west of Custer State Park.
All are close to Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse Memorial, Jewel Cave, the
1880 Train, and MORE.

Scroll down to see our VACATION HOME properties
 

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Celebrate Independence Day!
In the historic Black Hills of South Dakota

 


 

(Book your July 4th vacation as early as possible to avoid disappointment) 

(Keep scrolling down to see the vacation rentals)
 



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    Please be patient for this page to load, then scroll down.
    It contains our vacation rental properties with links to lots of photos.
    Make sure you scroll down to the very end of the page to see them all!
 


We may be able to accommodate visitors to the Black Hills
on short notice. 
Keep the phone contact numbers
handy.  We may be able to get your family into one of our
homes on the same day you call!!

For information and availability contact our reservation desk at:
1-605-209-3771
Make sure to leave a message if unavailable and we'll
get back to you just as gosh darned fast as we can!
Or you can text the above number too.

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"Welcome to blackhillsrentals.com"
 


John & Pat

Hello and welcome to our collection of delightful vacation home rentals! This grouping
of private family mountain residences is unique to the Black Hills, if not the Nation. Most are
full sized, year round homes and we have some smaller fully equipped cabins for smaller families.
Each home or cabin has it's own lot that range from almost one to six acres!  (Some are
"pet" friendly - ask for details.)

We take immense pride in these properties (and it shows). You'll see.
But, for us to continue to make
them available for family vacations, we need your help.

These properties may not suit some people or groups. If you are looking for a "party place", or
have adults or children in your group that are destructive or hard to manage -
then these properties are definitely not for you. 

NO NON-REGISTERED VISITORS OR VEHICLES ARE PERMITTED.


NOTE: WE ARE UNABLE TO ACCOMMODATE
 ATV'S OR UTV'S AT ANY OF OUR PROPERTIES FOR THE 2023
SEASON.


Our other guests, and our many return guests, come here not just for the privilege of staying in one of our
mountain homes...they come for the peace, solitude, and relaxation that our homes and the surrounding forest and mountains offer.
While at our homes you can observe deer, turkey, endless variety of birds, fox, coyote, wood chucks, squirrels, chipmunks, whistle pigs, and more. 
This is why our homes are a "quiet zone".

We have pledged to our past guests that we will maintain these properties in the same condition as they found during their last visit.
That means that all guests must love, cherish and protect these homes as much as we do (and we do).

Our rules do not restrict a normal family vacation...they enhance and expand your family vacation experience.

We have been proudly serving the vacationing public since 1994, and we hope you are able to become part of our growing group of very loyal guests.


                                          Your hosts,
                                                    John and Patricia

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Introducing the
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The Gold Star Ranch!
 

A very special place in the Black Hills where vacationing families are the only residents -

It is located a few miles outside of Custer on a gravel road.  Might be a little tough to find at first, but we like it that way! (You will too!)  The Gold Star Ranch! consists of a private group of solid log homes that await you at the end of a turn or two and just over a small hill and after you turn right where you should have turned left right where we stacked the three rocks next to the pine tree with a crooked branch!

These homes are located at the end of a dead end road in the woods and have Forest Service wilderness on two sides.  They are in a secluded and forested location.  There is no through traffic other than deer.  All homes are reserved exclusively for our guests.   Each home sits on a one or two acre + parcel of Black Hills Forest!  Each home is a private residence with it's own driveway.

 

The Gold Star Ranch! is reserved for registered guests only and the vehicles shown on the contract-
NO NON-REGISTERED VISITORS OR VEHICLES ARE PERMITTED.
(We think that you will want to keep The Gold Star Ranch! a secret, anyway!)

If you want to reserve one of the homes in The Gold Star Ranch! you should book it well in advance

Yes, we are quite protective of these (and all of our) properties...and you'll understand why...
                  when you spend your vacation at any of our homes at the...

        The Gold Star Ranch!

                                                      shines like no other!
 


The following properties are located in
The Gold Star Ranch!  
(Just outside of Custer,SD)
 

       Renegade!
                                                                   you won't wanna leave!

"...from this place you can hear the earth speak"

Rare cedar log cabin.  1 bedroom, 1 bath, can sleep 4.  Full kitchen.
A true frontier location that is only 25' from the USFS wilderness.
Don't worry, there are plenty of wide open spaces around the Renegade!

Large spruce logs were used to build this authentic, frontier log cabin.  It is delightfully warm and cozy.
It is difficult to describe...but it gives you an unusual kind of...secure... feeling.  It takes you back to a simpler time...
back when justice was truly swift and dealt by the sound of metal clearing leather.
 
Sleeps a family of four (2 adults & 2 buckaroos). 
A premium quality, queen bed in the bedroom.  Bedroom has it's own access door to the bathroom. 
Futon (full size with inner-spring mattress) in living room. Fully equipped kitchen with dishwasher. 
12'x20' deck faces USFS wilderness that is just a few steps away.
Another 8'x8' deck faces to the east at the entrance door - a great place for your morning cup of coffee.

This is a memorable location for special occasions, such as Honeymoons & Anniversaries!

"Renegade is special"

THIS IS A NO SMOKING ALLOWED VACATION RENTAL.  WE CAN
ACCOMMODATE MOTORCYCLES AT RENEGADE FOR THE 2023
SEASON, SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS.
NO ATV'S OR UTV'S ARE ALLOWED.

CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS AND RATES

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                   Comanche Lodge!
    

                           4 bedroom plus huge loft.  Soaring ceilings in living room.  Deluxe and fully equipped kitchen.  A unique game room with a deluxe, oak, game table with 4 chairs that converts to an additional dining table with a flip of its top! 2 full bathrooms. Full laundry. Private rear patio with grill and patio dining set.  New kitchen updates.  New covered patio addition. Very secluded location a few miles West of Custer.  2.11 wooded acres with a long driveway.  The "COMANCHE" is a spacious log residence that can sleep up to 18.    
 

                   "You will stand tall...like these many trees...
                                            listen to their whisperings...they have great wisdom"
 

THIS IS A NO SMOKING ALLOWED VACATION RENTAL. WE CAN
ACCOMMODATE MOTORCYCLES AT COMANCHE LODGE FOR THE 2023
SEASON, SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS.
NO ATV'S OR UTV'S ARE ALLOWED.


CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS AND RATES

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 Trails End Lodge!  
 

                        End of the road privacy.  Heck, this is the end of the road!  The 2+ acre lot borders hundreds of thousands of acres of National Forest Service wilderness.   It is only about 1 mile off of Hwy 16 (just outside of Custer) so it's easy to get to the area attractions and the grub store.  We are pleased to have this classic, log home in our vacation home lineup.  3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, full Laundry (new HE washing machine). Living room opens to large "country styled" kitchen, and a huge wrap around deck (partially covered) on the second level.  Large family area on lower level.  Sleeps 12.   The warm feeling that this home offers is difficult to describe.  Sony 53" big screen home theater in one side of the family room...a  pool table in the other.   

After your week vacation ends and you're moving down the driveway on your trip home...you'll look back knowing a single week simply isn't enough.  Don't worry, it will patiently await till your next visit. 
For more photos click the link below.
This beautiful home is for adults and children (IF the children are well behaved, respectful of the property & surroundings, and under adult supervision).
 

                                           "these big sticks will call you to them...
                 you will touch them and feel what riches Mother Earth has given"

 

FOR MORE PHOTOS AND RATES CLICK HERE!

THIS IS A NO SMOKING ALLOWED VACATION RENTAL. WE CAN
ACCOMMODATE MOTORCYCLES AT TRAILS END FOR THE 2023
SEASON, SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS.
NO ATV'S OR UTV'S ARE ALLOWED.

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 papoose!

 Experience an authentic, square log cabin.  There are still remnants or ruins of old prospector and pioneer cabins in the hills that are evidence of this log home design.  We know where many of these prospector ghost towns are located.  Full kitchen, living area with couch, recliner rocker, and glider rocker, and full bath with laundry on the main floor.  Soaring ceilings and a staircase lead to the loft area with two premium quality, queen beds.  This cabin can sleep up to four.  This lot borders National Forest land...hundreds of thousands of acres of wilderness just steps from the back door!  Rear 10'x20' deck!  Outside grill, patio set, Adirondack chairs.  Deck looks directly into the USFS wilderness.  Lounging is great on either front or back deck.  The loft area also has another private deck accessed through a door on the second level!  A perfect place for book reading or thinking...
                                                  

Oops!  Almost forgot...this cutie sits on its' own two + acre lot!!!!
 

  "a family should use little papoose to make powerful memories"
 

FOR MORE PHOTOS AND RATES CLICK HERE!

THIS IS A NO SMOKING ALLOWED VACATION RENTAL. WE CAN
ACCOMMODATE MOTORCYCLES AT PAPOOSE FOR THE 2023
SEASON, SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS.
NO ATV'S OR UTV'S ARE ALLOWED.


 

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Desperado!
 
                                                                         
Desperado!
will sleep a total of ten.  Square log construction. 

Located on its' own two+ acre lot!!  A long driveway leads to this hideaway.  The rear lot line borders National Forest public land.  Wait till your see the back yard!  Real  privacy and only steps away from thousands of acres of Federal Forest Service wilderness.   Complete with premium furnishings.  Many furniture items are rustic or fine antique reproductions.  Decor is Western with a whole bunch of Deadwood, Dakota Territory flare!  Heck there's a real bar and a saloon style eating area with two tables.  Anyone out there got a hankerin' for dealin' a little Pharaoh?  Check all them six-shooters at the door, pardner! 

It is more than just a make-believe theme...it's an experience!  (This ain't no motel, pardner!  Click the link below and check this home out...reserve it while you can!  If'n Desperado! is booked and the rest of our mighty fine ha-see-enda's are too, you might have to stay in one of them tiny motel rooms in town. 
                                       
Come back to your senses...at
Desperado!
 

   "like the changing fall colors of the great aspen tree...you too will change and your spirit will fill with color and happiness"
 

 CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS AND RATES!

THIS IS A NO SMOKING ALLOWED VACATION RENTAL.

WE CAN
ACCOMMODATE MOTORCYCLES AT DESPERADO FOR THE 2023 SEASON, SUBJECT
TO LIMITATIONS.
NO ATV'S OR UTV'S ARE ALLOWED.
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Mossy Rock Stage Stop!

(Yeah, it's a real Roadhouse)

 

"these ancient, mossy rocks have no tongue...but touch them... they will tell you of powerful things...things we all must know...
you must listen..."

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Poncho's Hideout

(Yeah, it's a real hideout)

Poncho's Hideout is complete and ready for you...
   It is a whole bunch like Lefty's.
Bonnie and Clyde would have staked their claim on this un!
(will you?)

CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS & RATES

It's a one room suite (queen bed & a sofa sleeper) with a full kitchen
& a private bath. It has its own private "forest" side patio.
This is an "adults only" property - age 18 and older.

WE CAN
ACCOMMODATE MOTORCYCLES AT PANCHO'S FOR THE 2023 SEASON, SUBJECT
TO LIMITATIONS.
NO ATV'S OR UTV'S ARE ALLOWED.
THIS IS A NON-SMOKING UNIT.


 

Lefty's Hideout
(Yeah, it's another real hideout) 

500 square foot private suite (perfect for a couple), fully equipped kitchen, bathroom, living area, queen size premium bed,
queen size sofa sleeper, private patio, direct view and access to Forest Service wilderness. View to the west looks out to the sunny meadow.  Ponchos and
Lefty's are adjoining suites, so that combined they offer 1000 sq. feet of living area with 2 of everything!
This is an "adults only" property - age 18 and older.

CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS & RATES

WE CAN
ACCOMMODATE MOTORCYCLES AT LEFTY'S FOR THE 2023 SEASON, SUBJECT
TO LIMITATIONS.
NO ATV'S OR UTV'S ARE ALLOWED.
THIS IS A NON SMOKING UNIT.

  "The pines can whisper special messages...
take time to listen and understand.
      You will not be like the others...who listen but do not hear"

 

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  El Dorado Ranch! 
   

A proud historic addition to our vacation homes.  4 bedroom, 2 bath, full laundry, two level ranch style home, accommodating up to 10 people.  Knotty pine, tongue and groove interior finish with lots of big windows letting in lots of sunshine!  This is one of the most desired scenic properties in Custer County, if not the entire Black Hills area.  A huge 5+ acre lot!  The large grassland pasture of this ranch is  natural.  Calamity Peak (in the background) is a mountain that towers above the property.   It's a large Western ranch style house with a huge, solid rock mountain in its back yard!  At the base of the mountain and running the length of the property is French Creek.  Excellent fishing is only a short drive away.    Situated about 3 miles East of Custer on Hwy 16, just outside of Custer State Park.   
Mickelson Trail is across roadway. 
 


It is the largest lot in our collection...and yes, it is a small ranch. 
A brand new forest green roof and cedar split rail fence around the perimeter with gated access.

As our guest you can walk through this meadow...and dream.
 

                            "At night, big sky with many stars makes you feel like
                                                  small prairie chicken"
 

THIS IS A NO SMOKING ALLOWED VACATION RENTAL. WE DO NOT ALLOW
MOTORCYCLES, ATV'S OR UTV'S AT ELDORADO RANCH AT ANY TIME.

CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS AND RATES



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Thunder Heart!

Wow! - Is what you'll say when you see this 4 bedroom/3 bath Black Hills chalet located outside of Custer. Directly across from the Rocky Knolls public Golf Course, and French Creek! 3 levels with huge wrap around deck & huge granite outcroppings. Gas fireplace, gourmet kitchen, & 30' soaring ceilings! Premium furnishings! Sleeps up to 12.  This home is for adults and their children (IF the children are well behaved, respectful of the property & surroundings, and under adult supervision).
                                                                        You only live once...they say.
                              
                       
           "Even if you are a small Chihuahua...it is good to feel
                                           like Big Dog when on vacation"    
   
      

THIS IS A NO SMOKING ALLOWED HOME!

WE CAN
ACCOMMODATE MOTORCYCLES AT THUNDERHEART FOR THE 2023 SEASON, SUBJECT
TO LIMITATIONS. NO ATV'S OR UTV'S ARE ALLOWED.


 CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS, RATES, AND INFORMATION!      

 

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"a place where you will become one with the trees and Mother Earth... 
  the wisdom and strength you receive are powers that are ancient"

 

 

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                                          Do you have special interests?

Whatever your interests, there is a good chance we
will know when, where, and how to explore the Black Hills
with your special interests in mind!

Just ask!

 


Travel the Oyate (oh-ya-tay) Trail - CLICK HERE!
 


We are eager to meet and greet our new and past guests!  Our personalized service includes
delivering your vacation home keys directly to you at the home the day you arrive.  We are available
that day and each day of your stay to answer questions about attractions, directions, and more.
Just ask! 

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My name is Pat, & I will handle all email, phone calls, reservations & questions you may have for JPF Vacations.
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PHONE NUMBER FOR RESERVATIONS AND INQUIRIES!
1-605-209-3771 AND MAKE SURE TO LEAVE A
VOICE MAIL MESSAGE IF I'M ON ANOTHER CALL!  ت 
Or, text us and we'll get back to you.


JPF Vacations
PO Box 762     
Hill City, SD 57745
Email us: JVacat9571@aol.com
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BUYING (or selling) property?  Have a desire to own a piece of 
the
BLACK HILLS?!!!!!!  But you don't know who to call? 

Ask us!  We know an Agency you can TRUST
that offers a real estate
service without pressure.

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Updated 03/14/2023

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