Discover the idea summer road trip in Badlands, SD, scenic drives, hikes, wildlife, local eats and planning tips.

If hiking isn't your thing, the 32-mile Badlands Scenic Loop drive gives visitors a good lay of the land. With 14 photo-worthy overlooks, the trip took about an hour by car.

If hiking isn't your thing, the 32-mile Badlands Scenic Loop drive gives visitors a good lay of the land. With 14 photo-worthy overlooks, the trip took about an hour by car.

Badlands Loop Road There was a little bit of traffic toward the end of the scenic drive because of construction, but it didn’t really slow us down too much.

If hiking isn't your thing, the 32-mile Badlands Scenic Loop drive gives visitors a good lay of the land. With 14 photo-worthy overlooks, the trip took about an hour by car.

The Badlands show autumn colors in Sept. 2023 in the Three Affiliated Tribes National Park on the Fort Berthold Reservation in western North Dakota. Credit: AP/Fawn Fettig ...

'The Wall' offers cliffside views of South Dakota's Badlands National Park Matador describes "The Wall" – about 8 miles south of Wall, South Dakota – as "one of the most unofficial areas to ...