Getting Here & Where Your Guests Can Stay
We've got you, your fiancé, and 16 of your closest friends and family covered, but where do the rest of your 150+ guests stay? Well we have some recommendations! Let this be your guide. We can also provide guidance on getting here, parking and more.
Where we are:
Blue Tin Ranch 47033 Burbank Road, Burbank, SD 57010
We're about six miles off I-29, ten minutes from Vermillion. Take exit 26 and head west on Burbank Road.
You'll know you're close when you see the blue roofs. People around here use us as a landmark for direction giving. enter in through the BTR Gates, keep going straight on back to behind the big machine shed and you're there!
How far is it?
South Dakota
Vermillion 10 minutes
Elk Point 15 minutes
North Sioux City 20 minutes
Dakota Dunes 20 minutes
Yankton 45 minutes
Sioux Falls 1 hour
Iowa
Sioux City 25 minutes
Sergeant Bluff 25 minutes
Le Mars 45 minutes
Onawa 45 minutes
Orange City 55 minutes
Sioux Center 1 hour
Nebraska
South Sioux City 25 minutes
Ponca 30 minutes
Wayne 1 hour
Norfolk 1 hour 45 minutes
Omaha 2 hours
Flying In
Sioux Gateway Airport (SUX) : Sioux City, IA. About 25 minutes. Closest option, and the easiest one for guests coming from out of state.
Sioux Falls Regional Airport (FSD) : About an hour. More flights, more airlines, still an easy drive down I-29.
Eppley Airfield (OMA) : Omaha, NE. About two hours. Worth it if someone's flying internationally or needs a specific connection.
Staying on the property
Eighteen of your people can sleep right here. No driving, no cabs, no coordinating a shuttle at midnight.
The Guest House : two bedrooms + two pullout couches. sleeps 8. This is where most bridal parties get ready.
The Chicken Coop : two bedrooms. sleeps 4 Built in the fifties on Grandpa's farm, hauled five miles down the road in 2008, and turned into a place people now book on purpose. Chickens not included.
The Upstairs Apartment : one bedroom 3 beds. sleeps 5-8 additional overnight space on the property. Where the groomsmen usually get ready.
Ask us about lodging when you book. It's the thing couples most often forget to think about until late, and it's one of the best parts of having the whole farm for a weekend.
Vermillion (about 10 minutes)
Closest town, most options, and where most guests end up.
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Best Western Vermillion Inn — 701 W Cherry St · (605) 624-8333
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Holiday Inn Express & Suites Vermillion — 1200 N Dakota St · (605) 624-7600
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Red Roof Inn Vermillion — 1208 E Cherry St · (605) 624-8005
Elk Point (about 15 minutes)
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Hometowne Inn — 909 W Main St · (605) 356-2667. Small, family-run, pet friendly, right off I-29.
North Sioux City & Dakota Dunes (about 20 minutes)
Good option for guests driving up from Sioux City or Omaha.
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Holiday Inn Express & Suites Sioux City North — 885 Cottonwood Ln, Dakota Dunes · (605) 206-2610
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Hampton Inn North Sioux City — 101 Sodrac Dr · (605) 232-9739
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Country Inn & Suites Dakota Dunes — 151 Tower Rd · (605) 232-3500
While your guests are here
There's more around than people expect.
Vermillion is a college town, so there are restaurants, coffee shops, and the National Music Museum at USD. Ten minutes away.
Sioux City is 25 minutes and has everything, restaurants, breweries, the riverfront.
The Missouri River is right there. Lewis and Clark came through less than a mile from this farm. Clay County Park and the river access are close by for guests who want to make a weekend of it.
Downtown Elk Point and Burbank are small and worth a slow drive through, if that's your thing.
