In fact, dramatic photos of the Badlands had been circulating prior to the initial dedication of the 50,000-acre national monument in 1939. By the time the park was expanded to its current size ...

the Badlands, Wind Cave National Park, Jewel Cave National Monument and Minuteman Missile National Historic Site. The Trump/DOGE cuts have introduced chaos into the typically predictable seasonal ...

Badlands National Park is a vast wilderness of jagged buttes ... The views alone are worth it. Jewel Cave National Monument: While you are in the Custer area, be sure to visit the third-longest known ...

A 22-year-old man from Missouri died this week while on a hike in an unmarked area of Badlands National ... reached by Park Rangers and flown by Life Flight air ambulance to Monument Health ...

Have you ever wondered about National Park vs National Monument? It’s easy to get ... Joshua Tree National Park, and Badlands ...

In fact, the White River Badlands were proclaimed a national monument in 1939 and elevated to a national park in 1978, mainly to protect the fossil beds from nonscientific collectors. Researchers ...

Lydia Jones at Badlands National Park. Photo courtesy of Lydia Jones Lydia Jones is originally from Texas, but she fell in love with South Dakota after moving here in 2021 to work at Badlands ...

the Badlands, Wind Cave National Park, Jewel Cave National Monument and Minuteman Missile National Historic Site. The Trump/DOGE cuts have introduced chaos into the typically predictable seasonal ...