Medicine Root Trail

Medicine Root Trail is a 4.22-mile out-and-back foot trail in Badlands National Park, South Dakota. It climbs 62 ft to a high point of 2,648 ft. Difficulty: easy, from the NPS hiking-rating formula.

Medicine Root Trail, Badlands National Park
Photo: Christian Collins from Midland, MI, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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