Badlands National Park Family Travel Guide

Badlands National Park Family Travel Guide

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Badlands National Park (PhotoDisc)
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Badlands National Park Family Travel Tips

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. Read More


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Badlands Budget Host

900 SD Hwy 377
Interior, SD 57750 Map

Distance: 0.2 mi.
(from destination center)

Hotel Class: 2 class stars
Traveler Rating
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Budget Host Sundowner Motor Inn

510 SD Hwy 73
Kadoka, SD Map

Distance: 19.2 mi.
(from destination center)

Hotel Class: 2 class stars
Traveler Rating
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Budget Host Sundowner Motor In

510 SD Hwy 73
Kadoka, SD 57543 Map

Distance: 20.4 mi.
(from destination center)

Hotel Class: 2 class stars
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Other Smaller Airports near Badlands National Park

Distance (mi.)
Rapid City Regional Airport 57.2 map
Scottsbluff Scotts Bluff County Airport 152.6 map
Gillette Campbell County Airport 181.7 map

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