Image via WikipediaOf all the places we get to visit in our western
South Dakota "backyard", Badlands National Park is one of our favorites. There is so much to see and do, from the majestic buttes and
eroded spires, to the
big horn sheep nimbly making their way up impossible looking cliff faces.
This site was once the location of a warm inland sea. Limestone and sandstone formed during that time, which over the eons has eroded into the fantastic buttes and spires we know as the
South Dakota Badlands.
The Conata Basin, part of the protected
wilderness area of the park, is the site where the
black-footed ferret, once the most
endangered animal in
North America, has been re-introduced after a lengthy but ultimately successful breeding program that began after only four surviving members of the species were found.
At Badlands National Park you can find places to camp, hike, take in a movie,
eat a bison burger, or watch the bison - from a safe distance of course!
Badlands National Park has kept us coming back for more season after season, year after year. We are not alone! Each year the park hosts over one million visitors from all over the world. If you're never seen Badlands National Park, you're missing out on a truly unique treasure.
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Image by merriehaskell via FlickrBadlands National Park, under control of the National Park Service is the part of the Badlands that most tourists see.
