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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.
More than 1 million people visited Badlands National Park last year. Here's why you may want to consider joining them. ... Badlands National Monument was officially established on Jan. 25, 1939 ...
The Badlands are a collection of ... Great Basin National Park protects 5,000-year-old ... it subsumed General Grant National Park, which had been established on ...
Theodore Roosevelt National Park is a national park of the United States in the badlands of western North Dakota comprising three geographically separated areas. This park pays homage to the time that Theodore Roosevelt spent in the surrounding area and in the Dakota Territories before they were states. Roosevelt lived in the area after his ...
Thousands of years ago, lava spewed from massive cracks near present-day Arco, Idaho. ... Established in 1932, ... Mount Rushmore, Custer State Park, and Badlands National Park are easy side trips ...
Badlands National Park is established on November 10. 1980. Significant abandonment of unprofitable rail lines in the state occurs. [9] 1981. Citibank moves its credit card operations from New York City to Sioux Falls, leading to significant expansion of the financial industry in the state. [10] 1988
Two national parks have been established in the state, both in its southwestern region. Wind Cave National Park, established in 1903 in the Black Hills, has an extensive cave network and is home to a large herd of bison. [86] Badlands National Park was established in 1978, [87] and features an eroded, brightly colored landscape surrounded by ...
Year established Area (2024) [3] [4] Acres km 2; Acadia National Park: Maine: 1919 49,076.65 198.6062 National Park of American Samoa: American Samoa: 1988 8,256.67 33.4136 Arches National Park: Utah: 1971 76,678.98 310.3088 Badlands National Park: South Dakota: 1978 242,742.90 982.3457 Big Bend National Park: Texas: 1944 801,163.21 3,242.1925 ...