The first ‘big’ trip my husband & I took together we went to the Badlands, then Custer, the Black Hills, Devil’s Tower, & Mt. Rushmore. I had been living in the west for 10 years but I had never seen as much wildlife as I did on that one trip. The Badlands and the other places we visited reignited my passion for nature and our nation’s beauty.
Sincerely,
Badlands National Park
This park's sharply textured rock formations share a 244,000-acre landscape with the largest protected mixed-grass prairie in the United States.
State(s): South Dakota
Established: 1929
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Greetings from Badlands National Park
Our family visited Badlands National Park when our sons were 14 and 16 years old. Our entire family enjoyed the natural beauty of the park, the wildlife we saw (especially the prairie dogs) and truly experiencing the park by walking miles of the trails. As we headed to the western…
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