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Wall was named for the "natural wall" in rock formations by the Badlands National Park. [9] The town is most famous for the Wall Drug Store, which opened as a small pharmacy in 1931 during the Depression, but eventually developed into a large roadside tourist attraction. [10] The National Grasslands Visitor Center is also located in Wall.
The National Grasslands Visitor Center in Wall, South Dakota is part of the Buffalo Gap National Grassland – Wall Ranger District. The center features exhibits about grassland wildlife and plants, grazing management and the history of the Great Plains. There is also a theater with a video about the grasslands, restrooms and a gift shop.
Wall Drug Store, often called simply Wall Drug, is a roadside attraction and tourist stop located in the town of Wall, South Dakota, adjacent to Badlands National Park. Wall Drug consists of a collection of cowboy-themed stores, including a drug store , gift shop , several restaurants , and various other stores, as well as an art gallery and an ...
The welcome centers are normally located the first few exits into a state, e.g. Exit 2 on I-84 in Connecticut entering from New York State.However, some welcome centers, visitors' centers, or service plazas are located some distance away from a state's border, serving certain cities, e.g. Johnson City, Tennessee or Oceanside, California's local Chamber of Commerce, major cities, such as New ...
It occupies 1.6 acres (6,000 m 2) nearly one-half mile (800 m) southwest of Interstate 90 at Exit 116 and six miles (9.7 km) from the town of Wall, South Dakota, in eastern Pennington County. It consists of an underground launch tube ("missile silo") 12 feet (3.7 m) in diameter and 80 feet (24.4 m) deep, made of reinforced concrete with a steel ...
[3] Asteroid 26715 South Dakota, discovered by Ron Dyvig in 2001, is named after the U.S. state South Dakota, where the Badlands observatory is located. [ 4 ] When the observatory opened in a former medical facility, the town of Quinn installed hoods over the street lights to reduce light pollution .
South Dakota Highway 248 (SD 248) is a state highway in the U.S. state of South Dakota. The highway travels parallel to I-90 less than one mile (1.6 km) away from it. It travels through Lyman , Jones , and Jackson counties starting near the entrance to Badlands National Park at an intersection with SD 240 (just south of exit 131 on I-90) and ...
Wall Municipal Airport (FAA LID: 6V4) is a public-use airport located less than 1 mile (1.6 km) northwest of Wall in Pennington County, South Dakota, United States. [2] The airport is publicly owned by the City of Wall. [3] The city has completed plans to extend the runway to 4,418 feet (1,347 m).