Category United States of America

Window Trail

Badlands National Park

The bluffs, spires, and gorges of the Badlands National Park are thanks to delicate rock which is easily eroded by wind and rain. One of the locations that these dramatic formations are best experienced is along the Window Trail.

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Notch Trail

Badlands National Park

Notch Trail is not for those afraid of heights. It doesn't help that the rope ladder to the butte shelf is easier to climb up than down. But for those with the constitution to scramble the 1.5 mile loop along a butte outcropping, there are magnificent and exclusive vistas to be experienced

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Fossil Exhibit Trail

Fossilized skull of a large, pig-like animal known as the Archaeotherium at the Badlands National Park.

Badlands National Park can get remarkably hot in the summer.  Granted, it's no Death Valley, but the idea of an extended hike in the midday heat is unwelcome.  So, the quarter mile loop of the Fossil Exhibit Trail is an opportunity to get out and stretch ones legs without working up a sweat.

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Bear Country USA

No, we cannot get enough of bears. Sure, we saw a couple back in Glacier, but when we were driving through the Black Hills of South Dakota and saw a sign for Bear Country USA, there was little question what we were doing next.

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Wall Drug

Wall Drug is the consummate tourist trap. If you have come within 100 miles of this massive commercial compound, you have likely seen one of their signature signs advertising their homemade pie, dinosaurs, coffee, donuts, buffet, and the general need to stop in Wall, South Dakota.

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