When planning your cross-country road trip, stop in this gorgeous, underrated national park with plenty of free campsites and ...

We'd heard that in spring, South Dakota's Badlands erupted in blooms ... soils born of eons of sedimentation followed by erosion, the Badlands was melting before our eyes. We scrambled up the ...

Home to the Black Hills, the Badlands and the sprawling prairies of the Great Plains, South Dakota is a state rich in scenery and features monuments and dedications to the likes of everyone from ...

The closest major airport to Badlands National Park is in Rapid City, South Dakota. From there ... This contributes to erosion and harms the distinctive formations that give the park its name.

Beautiful colors in the sky and in the hills of South Dakota’s Badlands National Park. Prairie dogs check out their surroundings in the fields of South Dakota’s Badlands National Park.

The Black Hills & Badlands region covers all of western South Dakota. The Missouri River region includes cities in the center of the state like Pierre, Mobridge and Chamberlain. The Glacial Lakes ...