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Badlands National Park (Lakota: Makȟóšiča [3]) is a national park of the United States in southwestern South Dakota. The park protects 242,756 acres (379.3 sq mi; 982.4 km 2 ) [ 1 ] of sharply eroded buttes and pinnacles , along with the largest undisturbed mixed grass prairie in the United States.
Crossing a variety of different landscapes, including the Terry Badlands, the byway follows much of the Regina-Yellowstone Trail, once used as the principal route from Canada to Yellowstone National Park. [8] II Bitter Springs Back Country Byway: Nevada: 28 45 Northshore Road in Lake Mead NRA: Valley of Fire Road near Crystal
Back country hut in the Haast River valley of the West Coast region of New Zealand Lairig Leacach Bothy, Lochaber, Scotland. A wilderness hut, bothy, backcountry hut, or backcountry shelter is a free, primitive mountain hut for temporary accommodation, usually located in wilderness areas, national parks and along backpacking and hiking routes.
More than 1 million people visited Badlands National Park last year. Here's why you may want to consider joining them.
[5] Many current national parks had been previously protected as national monuments by the president under the Antiquities Act or as other designations created by Congress before being redesignated by Congress; the newest national park is New River Gorge, previously a National River, and the most recent entirely new park is National Park of ...
Badlands National Park — a U.S. national park located in western South Dakota The main article for this category is Badlands National Park . Pages in category "Badlands National Park"
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The National Park Service (NPS) generally uses the term "backcountry" to refer to "primitive, undeveloped portions of parks". Developments within backcountry areas are generally limited to trails, unpaved roads, and administrative facilities associated with dispersed recreational use.