Badlands National Park
Striped buttes and spires eroding out of the largest protected mixed-grass prairie in the country.
- 8named trails
- 10trail miles mapped
- South Dakotalocation
Popular hikes in Badlands
- Fossil Exhibit Trail · about 0.25 mi · Easy
- Window Trail · about 0.25 mi · Easy
- Door Trail · about 0.8 mi · Easy
- Cliff Shelf Nature Trail · about 0.5 mi · Moderate
- Notch Trail · about 1.5 mi · Moderate
- Medicine Root Loop · about 4 mi · Moderate
- Castle Trail · about 10 mi · Moderate
- Saddle Pass · about 0.7 mi · Strenuous
Permits and reservations
We found no timed entry or reservation system on Badlands' nps.gov pages. The regular entrance fee applies.
Entrance fees
- Private Vehicle: $30
- Motorcycle: $25
- Per Person: $15
- Commercial Entrance - Sedan: $25
Official park site: nps.gov
All 8 trails in Badlands
- Castle Trail · 10.22 mi round trip · Easy
- Cliff Shelf Nature Trail · 0.9 mi round trip · Easy
- Door Trail · 0.88 mi round trip · Easy
- Fossil Exhibit Trail · 0.36 mi round trip · Easy
- Medicine Root Trail · 4.22 mi round trip · Easy
- Notch Trail · 1.5 mi round trip · Moderate
- Saddle Pass Trail · 0.66 mi round trip · Easy
- Window Trail · 0.32 mi round trip · Easy
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