// Great Plains · 5–7 days
Black Hills & Badlands
Devils Tower, boxwork caves, striped buttes, and Roosevelt's North Dakota.
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- Stop 01Devils TowerWyoming · 1 day · best may–september
America's first national monument — an 867-foot igneous monolith sacred to Plains tribes.
Tower Trail loopBelle Fourche RiverClimbing routes 
Stop 02Wind CaveSouth Dakota · 1 day · best spring & fallBoxwork-laced caverns below a prairie roamed by bison, elk, and pronghorn.
Boxwork formationsNatural Entrance TourBison Flats
Stop 03BadlandsSouth Dakota · 1 day · best late spring & early fallStriped buttes and grasslands roam with bison and bighorn sheep.
Badlands LoopNotch TrailYellow Mounds
Stop 04Theodore RooseveltNorth Dakota · 1 day · best late spring–fallBadlands and grasslands where a young Roosevelt found his conservation calling.
Scenic Loop DrivePainted CanyonMaltese Cross Cabin
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Brown bears, tidewater glaciers, and the tallest peak in North America.
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