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When's the best time to visit Badlands National Park?

Ever since I saw an old sci-fi movie that featured Badlands National Park as its backdrop, I’ve wanted to make the trip. I just don’t know that much about it. What’s the best time to visit Badlands National Park?

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Eric Schad · Updated on
Reviewed by Shannon Martin, Licensed Insurance Agent.
Dozens of 1950s-era sci-fi movies have immortalized Badlands National Park, although once you visit, you’ll feel like you’re in a Martian landscape yourself. Located in western
South Dakota
, the park isn’t all that easy to get to, but you’ll be glad you made the trip. The best time to visit Badlands National Park is in the spring. During this time, the heat subsides and crowds aren’t nearly as big.
On your spring trip to Badlands National Park, make sure you add a few of these items to your itinerary:
  • Watch the prairie dogs peer out of their holes along the vast prairies.
  • Drive the 30-mile Badlands Loop Road, which takes you by almost all of the park’s main attractions and most scenic views.
  • Head to the Conata Basin Overlook to see the multicolored mounds that dot the landscape in front of you.
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