Billings montana to Rapid City South Dakota

The driving distance from Billings, Montana to Rapid City, South Dakota is:

316 miles / 509 km

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Billings montana to Rapid City South Dakota


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The total driving distance from Billings, MT to Rapid City, SD is 316 miles or 509 kilometers.

Your trip begins in Billings, Montana. It ends in Rapid City, South Dakota.

If you are planning a road trip, you might also want to calculate the total driving time from Billings, MT to Rapid City, SD so you can see when you'll arrive at your destination.

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The driving distance from Rapid City, South Dakota to Billings, Montana is:

316 miles / 509 km

Plan your road trip at  

Billings montana to Rapid City South Dakota


Map of driving directions from Rapid City, SD to Billings, MT

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The total driving distance from Rapid City, SD to Billings, MT is 316 miles or 509 kilometers.

Your trip begins in Rapid City, South Dakota. It ends in Billings, Montana.

If you are planning a road trip, you might also want to calculate the total driving time from Rapid City, SD to Billings, MT so you can see when you'll arrive at your destination.

You can also calculate the cost of driving from Rapid City, SD to Billings, MT based on current local fuel prices and an estimate of your car's best gas mileage.

If you're meeting a friend, you might be interested in finding the city that is halfway between Rapid City, SD and Billings, MT.

Planning to fly a plane instead? You might be more interested in calculating the straight line distance to fly from Rapid City, SD to Billings, MT.




Driving distance calculator

Travelmath helps you find driving distances based on actual directions for your road trip. You can get the distance between cities, airports, states, countries, or zip codes to figure out the best route to travel to your destination. Combine this information with the fuel cost tool to find out how much it will cost you to drive the distance, or compare the results to the straight line distance to determine whether it's better to drive or fly. You can print out pages with a travel map.

There are 283.28 miles from Billings to Rapid City in southeast direction and 372 miles (598.68 kilometers) by car, following the I-90 and US-87 route.

Billings and Rapid City are 5 hours 43 mins far apart, if you drive non-stop .

This is the fastest route from Billings, MT to Rapid City, SD. The halfway point is Buffalo, WY.

Billings, MT and Rapid City, SD are in the same time zone (MDT). Current time in both locations is 7:01 pm.

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Gas Consumption and Emissions

A car with a fuel efficiency of MPG will need 14.95 gallons of gas to cover the route between Billings, MT and Rapid City, SD.

The estimated cost of gas to go from Billings to Rapid City is $54.58.

During the route, an average car will release 292.96 pounds of CO2 to the atmosphere. The carbon footprint would be 0.79 pounds of CO2 per mile.

  • Average USA gas price used for calculation is $3.65 per gallon of regular gas. Price last updated on September 27, 2022.
  • Read more about our CO2 calculation.


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Halfway Point Between Billings, MT and Rapid City, SD

If you want to meet halfway between Billings, MT and Rapid City, SD or just make a stop in the middle of your trip, the exact coordinates of the halfway point of this route are 44.218056 and -106.197540, or 44º 13' 5.0016" N, 106º 11' 51.144" W. This location is 186.17 miles away from Billings, MT and Rapid City, SD and it would take approximately 2 hours 51 mins to reach the halfway point from both locations.

Closest City or Town to Halfway Point

The closest town to the halfway point is Buffalo, WY, situated 164 miles from Billings, MT and 210 miles from Rapid City, SD. It would take 2 hours 46 mins to go from Billings to Buffalo and 3 hours 2 mins to go from Rapid City to Buffalo.



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Distance conversions

Checkout the distance in miles, kilometers and nautical miles between Billings, MT and Rapid City, SD in this table:

Distance typeMilesKilometersNautical miles
Straight line distance 283.28 mi 455.90 km 246.17 nautical mi
Driving distance 372 mi 599.21 km 323.55 nautical mi

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How far from Rapid City north Dakota to Billings Montana?

There are 283.28 miles from Rapid City to Billings in northwest direction and 374 miles (601.89 kilometers) by car, following the I-90 W and US-14 W route. Rapid City and Billings are 5 hours 39 mins far apart, if you drive non-stop . This is the fastest route from Rapid City, SD to Billings, MT.

Which Yellowstone entrance is closest to Billings?

Yellowstone's Most Scenic Route is easily accessible from Billings. Take Highway 212 toward Red Lodge to the start of the Beartooth Highway. Continue along the scenic route for 68.7-miles to reach the northeast entrance of Yellowstone National Park.

How far is Rapid City from Rushmore?

Rapid City Regional Airport is located 35 miles from Mount Rushmore National Memorial on South Dakota Highway 44.

What is there to see between Rapid City and Sioux Falls?

The top stops along the way from Rapid City to Sioux Falls (with short detours) are Wall Drug Store, The World's Only Corn Palace, and Badlands National Park. Other popular stops include 1880 Town, Minuteman Missile Visitors Center, and Akta Lakota Museum & Cultural Center.