The park is now closed for the summer season

We are now closed for the summer season! See you in 2022

Our amazing team, 

Jackie Laws, Executive Director, 

Kelci Carroll, Chief Financial Officer

Walt Denett Maintenance Supervisor, 

Peter Swiftbird, Maintenance Assistant, work full-time to take care of the parks upkeep, raising funds to keep the park Free for the summer season. 

In the summer time we employ about 35 young people to work the park

Storybook Island was founded in 1959 by Merle Gunderson and the Rapid City Rotary Clubs. We have been in operation for over 60 years and we have always been free admission in the summer.

The Mission of Storybook Island is 

“To provide a free, safe, educational environment for those young in years or young at heart to experience the power of imagination”.