2 Best Sights in Badlands National Park, South Dakota

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We've compiled the best of the best in Badlands National Park - browse our top choices for the top things to see or do during your stay.

Ben Reifel Visitor Center

Open year-round, the park's main information hub has brochures, maps, and information on ranger programs. Check out exhibits on geology and wildlife, and watch paleontologists at work in the Fossil Prep Lab. View the film, Land of Stone and Light, in the 95-seat theater, and shop in the Badlands Natural History Association Bookstore. The facility is named for a Sioux activist and the first Lakota to serve in Congress. Born on the nearby Rosebud Indian Reservation, Ben Reifel also served in the Army during World War II.

Visitor Center
Badlands Loop Rd., Badlands National Park, SD, USA
605-433–5361
www.nps.gov/badl

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White River Visitor Center

Open in summer, this small center serves almost exclusively serious hikers and campers venturing into the Stronghold or Palmer unit. If that's you, stop here to view park videos and for maps and details about road and trail conditions. The center is on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. While you're here you can see fossils and Native American artifacts, and learn about Lakota culture.