Much of this volcanic ash comes from the Great Basin, a geographic area within which the states of Utah and Nevada lie today.

There are only eight developed hiking trails in Badlands National Park but the entire 244,000 acres of the park are open ...

The closest major airport to Badlands National Park is in Rapid City, South Dakota. From there ... NPCA has long supported the Department of the Interior and state, tribal and nonprofit partners to ...

The country’s largest employer, the federal government, has laid off tens of thousands of employees since February 14th. It’s ...

An online travel guide named the 60 campsites with the best views across the U.S., including one in South Dakota.

A "Homecooking" sign, perched on the side of a gravel road in southwestern South Dakota, stops me ... draw 900,000 people a year to Badlands National Park, the heart of the landscape.

Jewel Cave National Monument is also in South Dakota. We loved visiting both Wind Cave and Badlands National Park. Both parks ...

Located on the Great Plains and home to Badlands National Park, Mount Rushmore, Wind Cave National Park, and nine Native American tribes, South Dakota attracts ... and 63 state parks and ...

About 60 miles southeast of Rapid City sits Badlands National Park ... in Minnesota and Iowa, South Dakota will always be home. There are only a few counties in the state Callison has not visited ...

Today, agriculture generates much of the state’s economic activity. South Dakota also has a growing tourism industry, with Mount Rushmore and the Badlands National Park among visitor favorites.