Badlands National Park, located 75 miles east of Rapid City, South Dakota, offers the nearest regional airport. The Northeast Entrance is located 8 miles south of Interstate 90. Badlands National ...

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A "Homecooking" sign, perched on the side of a gravel road in southwestern South Dakota ... buttes draw 900,000 people a year to Badlands National Park, the heart of the landscape.

Badlands National Park is full of geological oddities, but the 1.5-mile-round-trip Notch Trail is one of the best treks in the South Dakota park. There's something distinctly eerie about the Badlands.

The closest major airport to Badlands National Park is in Rapid City, South Dakota. From there, visitors can drive for about an hour to the North Unit of the park. The Ben Reifel Visitor Center on the ...

Les Winkeler For The Southern May 27, 2022 May 27, 2022 Updated Jul 2, 2022 BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK – Badlands National Park is a study in contradictions. The sprawling park, 244,000 acres, that ...

Mark Paul, Smithsonian.com Photo Contest Archives The skull of a mammoth can be seen at Mammoth Site in Hot Springs, South Dakota. An American Bison bull in Badlands National Park. The Black Elk ...