Badlands National Park
Badlands National Park is an American national park in southwestern South Dakota. The park protects 242,756 acres (379.3 sq mi; 982.4 km2)[2] of sharply eroded rocks, and the largest undisturbed prairie in the United States. The National Park Service manages the park. The South Unit is co-managed with the Oglala Lakota tribe.[3]
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| Location | South Dakota, United States |
| Nearest city | Rapid City, South Dakota |
| Area | 242,756 acres (98,240 ha) |
| Visitors | 1,008,942 (in 2018)[1] |
| Website | Badlands National Park |
The Badlands Wilderness protects 64,144 acres (100.2 sq mi; 259.6 km2) of the park as a designated wilderness area.[4] It is a site where the black-footed ferret, one of the most endangered mammals in the world, was reintroduced to the wild.[5]
The South Unit, or Stronghold District,[3] includes sites of 1890s Ghost Dances,[6] a former United States Air Force bomb and gunnery range,[7] and Red Shirt Table, the park's highest point at 3,340 feet (1,020 m).[8]
Authorized as Badlands National Monument on March 4, 1929, it was not established until January 25, 1939. Badlands was redesignated a national park on November 10, 1978.[9]
The park also administers the nearby Minuteman Missile National Historic Site. The movies Dances with Wolves (1990) and Thunderheart (1992) were partially filmed in Badlands National Park.[10]
Badlands National Park Media
False-color satellite image of the park
White River Badlands of South Dakota panorama
Badlands in the northern portion of Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
Badlands in 1939 (45 miles southeast of Rapid City)
Visitor Center at Badlands NP
View of the badlands from the Cedar Pass Campground.
The Whooping Crane, Grus americana at the Calgary zoo.
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Badlands National Park, South Dakota, USA.
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References
- ↑ Five Year Annual Recreation Visits ReportPublic Use Statistic Office, National Park Service. Retrieved 2019-03-06.
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedarea. - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Badlands Visitor Guide: The official newspaper of Badlands National Park (2016)National Park Service. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
- ↑ Badlands WildernessWilderness.net. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ↑ Badlands Visitor Guide (2008)National Park Service. p. 2. Retrieved March 12, 2011.
- ↑ Badlands National ParkRand McNally. Retrieved March 12, 2011.
- ↑ Pine Ridge Gunnery Range/Badlands Bombing RangeSouth Dakota Department of Environment & Natural Resources. Retrieved March 12, 2011.
- ↑ U.S. National Park High PointsPeakbagger.com. Retrieved March 17, 2008.
- ↑ The National Parks: Index 2009–2011National Park Service. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ↑ Maddrey, Joseph 2016. The Quick, the Dead and the Revived: the many lives of the western film. McFarland. Page 184. ISBN 9781476625492.