South Dakota Park List

Mount Rushmore National Memorial Wind Cave National Park Jewel Cave National Monument Minuteman Missile National Historic Site Badlands National Park Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Missouri National Recreational River Missouri National Recreational River
Badlands National Park
Welcome to Badlands National Park, where the ancient Spirits of the land can still be heard. Since time immemorial, the area that now encompasses Badlands National Park was home to the indigenous residents, the great Sioux Nation. The park contains the world's richest Oligocene epoch fossil beds, dating 37-28 million years old. The evolutionary stories of mammals such as the horse and rhinoceros arise from the 244,000 acres of magnificent buttes, pinnacles, and spires. One of the largest, protected mixed-grass prairies in the U.S., the park is home to bison, bighorn sheep, endangered black-footed ferrets, and swift foxes.
Jewel Cave National Monument
Jewel Cave is the second longest cave in the world stretching 141 miles. A local movement to set Jewel Cave aside for preservation culminated in its establishment as a National Monument by President Theodore Roosevelt on February 7, 1908. Jewel Cave is well known for its natural beauty, unusual features and fascinating wildfire history.
Wind Cave National Park
One of the world's longest and most complex caves - a sprawling 28,295 acres of mixed-grass prairie, ponderosa pine forest and associated wildlife. The cave is well-known for its outstanding display of boxwork, an unusual cave formation composed of thin calcite fins resembling honeycombs. The park's mixed-grass prairie is one of the few remaining and is home to native wildlife such as elk, pronghorn, bison, coyotes, mule deer and prairie dogs.