Badlands National Park Family Vacations

Badlands National Park Family Travel Guide

Family Destinations Near Badlands National Park

Travel Guides Near Badlands National Park

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Badlands National Park (PhotoDisc)
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Badlands National Park Family Highlights

By Travel Expert: Candyce H. Stapen
  • Admire the massive carvings of presidential faces on Mount Rushmore
  • Tour what will be the largest mountain carving in the world when completed, the Crazy Horse Memorial
  • Learn Great Plains history and the Lakota myth at the Journey Museum
  • Take a jeep safari through grasslands at Custer State Park, where the buffalo roam
  • Hike among fantastical pinnacles, cones, peaks, and canyons at Badlands National Park
  • Explore two of the U.S.'s longest caves, Wind Cave and Jewel Cave

Badlands National Park Overview

By Travel Expert: Candyce H. Stapen

South Dakota makes for an intriguing family vacation, offering a fun-filled combination of natural beauty, unusual geological features, and distinct Native American and Westward Expansion heritage.

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Hotels

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Wall-Days Inn
212 10th Ave And Norris
Wall, SD 57790
Hotel Class: 2 class stars
Distance: 22.1 Miles
(from destination center)
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Budget Host Sundowner Motor Inn
510 SD Hwy 73
Kadoka, SD
Hotel Class: 2 class stars
Distance: 19.2 Miles
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Super 8 Motel - Wall
I-90 Exit 110
Wall, SD 57790
Hotel Class: 2 class stars
Distance: 22.3 Miles
(from destination center)
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Attractions

The Famous Wall Drug Store
510 N. Main Street
Wall, South Dakota 57790
Distance: 22.7 Miles (from destination center)
Description: 3,000 signs worldwide now point the way to Wall... Read More
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