Badlands National Monument was established in 1939 and became Badlands National Park in 1978. At one time the proposed name for this park was Teton National Park to avoid the negative-sounding name "Badlands". It's 244,000 acres contain rich fossil beds, deep canyons, towering spires and flatland buttes. Erosion by wind and water is constantly changing the appearance of Badlands rock structures.
We spent several days exploring Badlands National Park from our campground at Interior, SD. We drove scenic Hwy 240 through the park. This Loop Road follows the Badlands wall, a long narrow spine of formations that stretch for some 60 miles. Our National Parks Golden Pass allowed us to enter many times.
At the end of our drive one day we were lucky enough to see some bighorn sheep wandering along the road and resting on stone ledges not far away.
A vacation in the Badlands would be incomplete without a trip to Wall Drug. It seemed bigger and contained lots more shopping than we remembered from previous trips.
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