7 parks in South Dakota

  • National Park

    Badlands National Park

    South Dakota

    The rugged beauty of the Badlands draws visitors from around the world. These striking geologic deposits contain one of the world’s richest fossil beds. Ancient hors…

  • National Monument

    Jewel Cave National Monument

    South Dakota

    Immerse yourself in one of the longest caves in the world. With over 220 miles of mapped and surveyed passages, this underground wilderness appeals to human curiosit…

  • National Historic Trail

    Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail

    Idaho, Illinois, Indiana +13

    The Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail winds nearly 4,900 miles through the homelands of more than 60 Tribal nations. It follows the historic outbound and inbou…

  • National Historic Site

    Minuteman Missile National Historic Site

    South Dakota

    During the Cold War, a vast arsenal of nuclear missiles were placed in the Great Plains. Hidden in plain sight, for thirty years 1,000 missiles were kept on constant…

  • National Recreational River

    Missouri National Recreational River

    Nebraska, South Dakota

    Imagine a 100-mile stretch of North America's longest river, a vestige of the untamed American West. The Missouri National Recreational River is where imagination me…

  • National Memorial

    Mount Rushmore National Memorial

    South Dakota

    Majestic figures of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln, surrounded by the beauty of the Black Hills of South Dakota, tell th…

  • National Park

    Wind Cave National Park

    South Dakota

    Wind Cave National Park protects two very different worlds - one deep within the earth, the other a sunlit world of many resources. Bison, elk, and other wildlife ro…