// Great Plains · 4–6 days
Dakotas Badlands Loop
Striped buttes, boxwork caverns, and prairie grasslands where bison roam free.
Parks
3
Days
3
States
2
Region
Great Plains
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- Stop 01BadlandsSouth Dakota · 1 day · best late spring & early fall
Striped buttes and grasslands roam with bison and bighorn sheep.
Badlands LoopNotch TrailYellow Mounds 
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 03Theodore 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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