Badlands National Park

Pros: Easy access off Interstate 90. Beautiful, fanciful, landscape!!
Cons: Hot in summer, cold in winter.

I have been to the Badlands before. The first time I was amazed at the scenery. I had no idea as to what it would look like. That was years ago. More recently I was there again and it still took me by surprise. The landscape is ever changing in the light ...

Pros: absolutely gorgeous, as long as it doesn't rain!
Cons: can be muddy mess when it rains, it was very windy!

Back when I was a small child my family made a long road trip through Wyoming and South Dakota. Sadly, I remembered very little of it, except for our brief stay at the Badlands. You see, on that trip the Badlands really lived up to its name, as ...

Pros: Amazing scenery; can go for one hour or days.
Cons: The heat; I was not impressed with some trails.

Sunday, July 31, 2004 we went to Badlands National Park. General Information: Badlands is located in southwestern South Dakota and can be reached at 605-433-5361. It is an hour east of Rapid City on I-90 exits 110 or 131. You will ...

Pros: Impressive Scenery; Fossil Beds
Cons: Summer crowds, especially on the main driving route

Located in southwestern South Dakota near Rapid City, Badlands National Park is a barren stretch of land covered with colorful buttes, pinnacles, spires, and large deposits of fossils. This park was originally founded as a National Monument in 1939. It ...

Pros: No crowds, even in August. Incredible geological formations. Being surrounded by hundreds of buffalo!
Cons: Not easy to get to from New York.

We took a family trip to Badlands National Park, in South Dakota, over the summer of 2008. This was the first time this New Yorker had ever been to the Wild West, and it is a trip that my family and I will never forget. We spent one full day in ...

Pros: Natural features, natural history, animals, geology, more.
Cons: None.

Experiencing the Nocturnal Badlands. By James Zaworski The Badlands National Park in South Dakota is visited by approximately 2 million people every year. The typical tourist comes to see the stunning geological formations that make the badlands ...

Pros: Eerily beautiful, not crowded, relatively untouched by humans, endless photo opportunities, inexpensive
Cons: Young kids may become bored after the first few minutes.

Badlands National Park, SD I-90 Exits 131 and 110. If you can't afford a spaceship ride to Mars, then this is the next best thing. The Badlands is a very large National Park with plenty of opportunity for sightseers, hikers and history buffs. ...

Pros: awe-inspiring, breathtaking land
Cons: the heat in the summertime could get unbearable

The Badlands National Park is an area made up of a natural rock formation. Located in South Dakota, the rock formations were created from erosion over millions and millions of years. The rock sediment is gorgeous varied colors of pink, green, cream...

Pros: Beautiful scenery
Cons: None come to mind

This past June, my family and I took a vacation out to South Dakota. South Dakota seems like an unlikely vacation spot, especially when you live in North Carolina, but it was hands-down the best trip I have ever taken. Our initial goal was to visit Mount...

Pros: Lots of hikes are very gentle
Cons: Get there early for a campsite

You can certainly see the magnificence of the Badlands by car, so don't feel left out if you can't cycle or hike. BUT, if you can, take advantage of these slower modes of transportation. You will notice more and see more wildlife. You will get to go...

Pros: Good wildlife viewing
Cons: Not a lot to do

The Badlands of South Dakota are a strange sight. They are a maze of colorful rock formations and canyons carved below the level of the thousands of acres of surrounding grassland. It’s a real surprise when you come to it, almost as inspiring as the...

Pros: Austere, eldritch beauty -- plus bison
Cons: Plenty of wind

We're sitting around the picnic table on a brisk September morning. The sun has just risen over a rim wall of the Badlands, and the light is filtering down across the rugged, alien wall. The campground is three-quarters full, but it's after school...

Pros: Unobstructed views every direction one looks and a beautiful night sky replete with stars.
Cons: August can be brutal month to visit with its 100 degree heat.

I have resided in northern Wisconsin for eight years and am thankful for the beauty of the tall pine forests that surround me. Tall pines reaching high in the sky when I look northward. Towering pines when I look to the south. Majestic pines when I...

Pros: beautiful & rugged, awesome in its scope
Cons: primitive conditions

I was 26 years old when I was first priveleged to see the Badlands. I like it so much, I took my wife and family back just a few years later.

Crossing South Dakota by car, the land seems relatively smooth. Sure, there are the occasional...

Pros: It's just beautiful
Cons: It's so hot

The badlands are just beautiful. And very much unlike anything you've ever seen before. It's a desert climate, right in the middle of the prairie.

The badlands were formed, or so the scientists tell us, millions of years ago by erosion....