Overview
About Coolidge General Store
Why stop
- The ship-hull ceiling gives a practical supply stop a bit of history.
Heads up
- Prices can feel high for a small store's limited selection.
Map
Where it is
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Custer Tour Guide
Your drive to Coolidge General Store, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Custer State Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
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Coolidge General Store: Pizza and a Ship-Hull Ceiling“Coolidge General Store is coming up, a useful seasonal stop for a quick meal or a few supplies. There's made-to-order pizza, takeaway sandwiches, soft-serve ice cream, shakes and malts.”
Plays as you drive up to Coolidge General Store in the Parkwolf Custer Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
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- State Game Lodge: The Summer White House
- Grace Coolidge: Creekside Camping and a Gentle Walk
- Custer Visitor Center: A Useful Pause
- 82 audio storiesacross Custer’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Bison, Wapiti, Bighorn Sheep, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 40 trails, 49 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
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Guide
More about Coolidge General Store
A practical stop by State Game LodgeCoolidge General Store is a small, seasonal shop in Custer State Park, about half a mile down…
Coolidge General Store is a small, seasonal shop in Custer State Park, about half a mile down from the historic State Game Lodge at the end of Lover's Leap Trail. It's a convenient place to get a quick meal, snacks, and a few supplies between drives. If your car is already stocked, this is more of a useful errand than a destination on its own.
Food and small essentialsThe store combines a small grocery selection with ready-made sandwiches and salads,…
The store combines a small grocery selection with ready-made sandwiches and salads, made-to-order pizza, soft-serve ice cream, shakes, and malts. It also carries souvenirs, apparel, ice, fishing licenses, bait and tackle, and firewood. That mix works well for a quick meal or a campsite restock, but don't expect a full grocery run; prices can feel high for a compact selection. The kitchen may keep different hours from the shop, so check current service if you're counting on hot food.
A house with a shipbuilding storyThe building began as staff housing for President Calvin Coolidge's 1927 summer stay at State…
The building began as staff housing for President Calvin Coolidge's 1927 summer stay at State Game Lodge, known then as the Summer White House. Minnesota shipbuilders built it, and the ceiling is said to resemble a ship's hull. If the store is open, step inside and look up; that old staff house gives an ordinary supply stop a worthwhile bit of history.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Custer
993 sightingsBisonMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
91 sightingsWapitiMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
260 sightingsBighorn SheepMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
85 sightingsMountain GoatMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
259 sightingsBurroMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
711 sightingsPronghornMost seen around 6 AMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Custer. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
