Badlands National Park - South Dakota Trip
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- Опубликовано: 9 июл 2011
- My Family and I took a 2011 trip to Keystone, South Dakota this Summer to see all the sites in that area. We hit Badlands National Park first and what a site it was. It was surreal driving across the South Dakota Grasslands where you see a lot of rolling hills covered with grass and then all of the sudden you run into the Badlands. It was great landscapes where ever you looked and the colors and layers of the eroding land was amazing! Enjoy
Here is some more info on the Badlands:
Badlands National Park, in southwest South Dakota, United States preserves 242,756 acres (982 km²) of sharply eroded buttes, pinnacles and spires blended with the largest protected mixed grass prairie in the United States. Efforts to preserve this uniquely scenic geologic setting east of the Black Hills led to the establishment of Badlands National Monument in 1929; it became a national park in 1978. This park is marked by rugged terrain and rock formations that resemble landscapes from another world.
The Badlands Wilderness, designated by Congress in 1976, is located entirely within Badlands National Park and is managed by the National Park Service. Badlands Wilderness includes 64,250 acres (260 km²) of the most pristine sections of the national park. Within this wilderness, buffalo still roam free and visitors can also find bighorn sheep, coyotes, mule deer, as well as the most endangered land mammal in North America, the black-footed ferret, which was re-introduced to the Wilderness area.
The Stronghold Unit of the park, which is located within the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, is co-managed with the Oglala Sioux tribe. This is the site of the Stronghold Table where in the 1890s the Sioux Indians performed their Ghost Dances.
Strikingly beautiful and mystical, the Badlands take their name from both the Lakota Sioux tribe as well as French fur trappers. The Lakota referred to the area as Mako Sica while the French called it les mauvaises terres a traverser. Both mean bad lands, or a difficult place cross.
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WOW! That really is spectacular scenary and beautifully filmed too.
Hi Chris, It is a pleasure to see a lovely capture from you. It seems such a spectacular place. The jagged rock outcrops and the landscape is astonishing. It really has such breathtaking views and makes you wonder how small we are when we look at these marvels of nature which have exisited for millions of years. Great stuff Chris and thanks for sharing and wish you a blessed week ahead..
WOW!! What a beautiful video,, this is my last video of the night,, and I thank you for this,, its so peaceful!! I will go off to bed,, feeling such peace!! Thank u my friend!! HUGS!!
saw some pictures from there, directly decided have to go there.
it is so beautiful and untouched there really something very special.
great video !
South Dakota is beautiful and I feel like I'm part of the video! Thank you so very much for sharing with us! Hugs and woofs from your friend Harley Dog :-)
Chris, this is beautiful! The drive in the beginning of all the mountains is gorgeous. And what a cool thing to see a goat in the wild! Amazing video and so beautiful!
That is awesome made video, Chris! I love it. My God, our Land is so beautiful! I was in Grand Canyon twice on different sides and it always made me excited so much. I have to visit all our National parks and your video is very inspirational in this regard. This is my Favorite and I will watch it more times. Thank you Chris for sharing this wonderland with us from your eyes view and its excellent view!
Wow, what a spectacle. Looks like a wonderful place to explore. I honestly have nothing to use as a previous reference for this place. Would I love to spend a few days right there. Very, very interesting.
Awesome, reminds me of Dinosaur Provincial Park up here in Alberta, Canada
I'm glad you decided to visit Badlands National Park. I was amazed at what I saw there and would just stand in Awe of the place and my surroundings while there.
I want to go here soooo much!
That's some amazing footage!! You just put it on my list of places to visit. The land and sky really put on a show for your visit. Just gorgeous. The music was perfect. Really peaceful to watch ... but, at any moment, I was expecting to see some smoke signals on the horizon. (-; Again, amazing video.
Beautiful video chris! North and south Dakota are the ONLY states I haven't visited and I was happy with that UNTIL I saw your vid! Wow! Who would have thought the 'badlands' could be so 'good':D Now I HAVE to visit!!! I love the contrast between the greens and browns....Amazing shapes...Thanks for sharing:D
That was a very nice look at one of the places I would like to see before I pass Chris , All I have ever seen of this country and out is the shoreline , Refineries , Shipyards . I need to see the square states like Arizona , Thank you my friend :o)
been out that way twice now,.. only thing on my list still to see! Gotta get lucky one of these days and hope the weather brakes long enough to actually go out n see it heh, was foggy n rainy last time oh well will probably head out that way again before the end of summer :)
We were lucky to have such a nice day when we visited here and it makes a difference for sure. Hope you get the chance one of these days and have the nice weather :-) Great place!
@dacman17 It really was an Awe inspiring experience here at Badlands. Amazing at all the formations all over the place for miles and miles... Thanks for stopping by and commenting.
@NaturesFairy Thanks so much for stopping by, I'm glad you enjoyed :-) the peacefulness of the video.
Hi There,
Just looked at the map and we drove in on Route 90, from the East. We hit Exit 131, Cactus Flat and entered the park at that Exit. Drove the 240 Badlands Loop Road and Exited at Wall, Exit 110 on Route 90 where we went and ate lunch and shopped around. Hope you get there to visit, such a fantastic place! We loved it.. Hope this helps you out.
@my35Xvision Thank You! :-) Your so very right in how beautiful our land is.... I have yet to make it to the Grand Canyon but do look very forward to it someday.. I appreciate your visit and comment.
@Cheerio753 Thanks Ryan, It's an amazing place that you just stand there and wonder how in the world it got this way. So many years in the making and to see all the layers of colors and the formations....... It is one of those places I'm just amazed seeing. Thanks for your visit!
@Grandpa2one Thank You very much! I'm glad you enjoyed, it is a wonderful place to experience.
@seahue Awe Man, just wait until you see a few more of my videos from South Dakota David. You will want to go even more so! The Badlands were amazing and to think how that was formed over all those years is just crazy! The colors and layers is another story to think about? Thanks for coming by, glad you enjoyed :-)
@uncledave10 It is very unique here Dave and its just miles and miles of this in every direction. I think you would love it out west seeing our national parks. This was my first trip out west and I do want to go back or further west and those plans may be in the works for next year. More to come from South Dakota :-) Thanks for your comment.
@GoldfinchGarden Thank You! It's a spectacular site for sure.. Amazing to think how long this took in the making to look this beautiful! Appreciate you stopping by..
Thank You! This is a very special place to visit! if you ever get the chance don't pass it up :-)
@kookiemoose It is indeed a beautiful place in many ways and the formations are wonderful to look at. It would be very interesting to spend some time there hiking around also and they don't seem to care where you walk. People were walking all around these formations to my surprise. I know it is a place you would love to explore for sure.. Thanks for stopping by..
@TheBirdNerd10 Thank You! Quite the Spectacle it is :-) I loved it there and how vast it was all around you.
@lmmsl Hi Menu... I couldn't of said it any better than you. It is amazing to see what the earth offers us and how long things have been around in the making to see such beauty from them in our lives. The more I see makes me want to get out there and travel even more. It was nice to see your comments :-) Thanks for stopping by...
@rolmos213 From what I recall there isn't any lodging real close to the Badlands entrance we went into. Where we came out of the Badlands there is a city called Wall where the famous Wall Drug is and I know there are some places to stay there. So you would have to drive past it first to stay at Wall unless you stayed more east of Badlands. There are so many places to stop in Badlands I'm sure you could spend nearly a day just seeing everything and its very windy most of the time. Enjoy!
@HeatherAlicea Thanks for stopping by :-) Glad you enjoyed!
@rolmos213 Rapid City, SD is the closest major town to there. It's probably abou 40 miles or so up highway 44 northwest out of the Badlands. I believe there is a KOA campground very close to the entrance to Badlands National Park.
i haven´t been there yet, but i defintely will go there.
maybe you could recommend some kind of travel guide for the whole region? it´s not so easy to find something i found out.
thank you in advance and best regards
@KJ4TUG Thank You! :-) I'm glad you enjoyed. It is a fantastic place to visit and I would recommend it to anyone. While you see it here on video you just can't get the feel of it as it is in person. To see how many miles this place covers and how vast everything is is just breathtaking. I would love to go back here someday and spend more time there and maybe stop at a few more places. There are many places to stop and look around, we may have stopped at half of them?
Thanks for the great video! We are passing through in August and are short of time. Could you please tell me which route/road you were on, so we can go straight there?
Thanks
@FearDaB3ast Yes, but it is quite limited. Here is what I found (Bicycles are allowed only on designated paved, gravel, and dirt roads within the park. They are not allowed on hiking trails, closed roads, or in the backcountry. There is no off road cycling in Badlands National Park. The mixed grass prairie is easily impacted by wheeled traffic. The badland formations are centuries old, yet very fragile.)
I love the United States
@francinityshiniya As in The Badlands National Park or South Dakota?
probably too late now, unless you did your own "research"
but there ARE two campsites and a lodge, IN the park...
All this area was underwater at one time in the distant past. Look at the water mark lines on all the hills. The erosion of the hills appears to be from rushing water, not wind. Can anyone say "THE GREAT FLOOD" ? Amen.
It was a shallow sea, not just a flood. This is the area where so many t-rex skeletons have been found and many skeletons from sea dinos. I live in SD and have traveled this area extensively. The most amazing trip was about 3 years ago. while I was in the Badlands a severe thunderstorm moved through, complete with a couple of tornados and tons of lightening. It was frightening and thrilling all at the same time!
Carefull people get lost here all the time for days.