33 Best Sights in Badlands National Park, South Dakota

White River Visitor Center Picnic Tables

Directly behind this visitor center are four covered tables, where you can picnic simply and stay protected from the wind. There are also restroom facilities.

Window Trail

This ¼-mile round-trip trail ends at a natural hole, or window, in a rock wall. You'll see more of the distinctive badlands pinnacles and spires. Easy.

Badlands National Park, South Dakota, USA

Yellow Mounds Overlook

Contrasting sharply with the whites, grays, and browns of the Badlands' pinnacles, the mounds viewed from here greet you with soft yet vivid yellows, reds, and purples.

Badlands National Park, South Dakota, USA

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