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Badlands National Park
Located in southwestern South Dakota, Badlands National Park consists of 244,000 acres of sharply eroded buttes, pinnacles and spires blended with the largest, protected mixed grass prairie in the United States. The Badlands Wilderness Area covers 64,000 acres and is the site of the reintroduction of the black-footed ferret, the most endangered land mammal in North America. The Stronghold Unit is co-managed with the Oglala Sioux Tribe and includes sites of 1890s Ghost Dances. Established as Badlands National Monument in 1939, the area was redesignated "National Park" in 1978. Over 11,000 years of human history pale to the ages old paleontological resources. Badlands National Park contains the world's richest Oligocene epoch fossil beds, dating 23 to 35 million years old. Scientists can study the evolution of mammal species such as the horse, sheep, rhinoceros and pig in the Badlands formations.
Directions to Badlands National Park
Plane - Rapid City and Sioux Falls have airports with multiple daily flights.
Car - I-90 to exit 110 or 131 to access Hwy 240 "Badlands Loop Road". Hwy 44 west from Rapid City provides an alternate scenic route to the park.
Bus - Some bus tours are available through tour companies in Rapid City and the surrounding area.
Public Transportation - No public transportation is available to the park.
AddressBadlands National Park
25216 Ben Reifel RD P.O. Box 6 *
Interior, SD
57750
Additional InformationEmail: *
Phone: USA
Latitude: 43.62528
Longitude: -102.87528
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