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

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 ...

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 ...

Badlands National Park is full of geological oddities, but the 1.5-mile-round-trip Notch Trail is one of the best treks in the South Dakota park. There's something distinctly eerie about the Badlands.

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 ...

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 ...