The rugged beauty of the Badlands draws visitors from around the world. These striking geologic deposits contain one of the world’s richest fossil beds. Ancient horses and rhinos once roamed here. The park’s 244,000 acres protect an expanse of mixed-grass prairie where bison, bighorn sheep, prairie dogs, and black-footed ferrets live today.
What you’ll hear
55 places to explore in this park.
- Amphitheater
- Ancient Hunters Overlook
- Badlands Bison Corral
- Badlands Gunnery Range
- Badlands Tunnels
- Badlands Wall
- Badlands Wilderness Overlook
- Big Badlands Overlook
- Bigfoot Pass Overlook
- Burns Basin Overlook
- Castle Trailhead
- Cedar Butte
- Cedar Pass Lodge
- Cliff Shelf Trailhead
- Conata Basin Overlook
- Conata Picnic Area
- Deer Haven Trailhead
- Door Trailhead
- Erosion Markers
- Fossil Exhibit Trailhead
- Hay Butte Overlook
- Homestead Overlook
- Interior Entrance Station
- Medicine Root Trailhead
- Norbeck Pass
- Northeast Entrance Station
- Notch Ladder
- Notch Trailhead
- Palmer Creek
- Panorama Point Overlook
- Pinnacles Entrance Station
- Pinnacles Overlook
- Prairie Wind Overlook
- Quinn Road Prairie Dog Town
- Red Shirt Table Overlook
- Roberts Prairie Dog Town
- Saddle Pass Trailhead
- Sage Creek Basin Overlook
- Sage Creek Wilderness
- Sheep Mountain Table Overlook
- Stronghold Table
- The Pig Dig
- The Saber Site
- Toadstool Rock
- Wayside: Alligator
- Wayside: Ammonite
- Wayside: Dog
- Wayside: Horse
- Wayside: Nimravid
- Wayside: Oreodont
- Wayside: Reading the Rocks
- Wayside: Titanothere
- White River Valley Overlook
- Window Trailhead
- Yellow Mounds Overlook
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