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- ClosureNotch Trail closed for ladder repairsNotch Trail and all areas within 100 feet of the designated trail are closed; do not enter the closure area.Official details
Overview
About Cedar Pass Lodge
Why stop
- The park’s only in-park cabin lodging
- Cabin porches and restaurant windows look toward the formations
Heads up
- Restaurant meal value and service can be uneven
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Before you go
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Badlands Tour Guide
Your drive to Cedar Pass Lodge, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Badlands National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
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Cedar Pass Lodge and Waysides0:00 / 0:33
“You're coming up on Cedar Pass Lodge and Waysides, the park's only sit-down restaurant. Stop here for a meal without driving out of the park.”
Plays as you drive up to Cedar Pass Lodge in the Parkwolf Badlands Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- Ben Reifel Visitor Center
- Cedar Pass Campground and Amphitheater
- Cliff Shelf Nature Trail
- Door, Window and Notch Trailheads
- 116 audio storiesacross Badlands’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Bison, Bighorn Sheep, Prairie Dog, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 11 trails, 34 places, and audio download before you lose signal
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More about Cedar Pass Lodge
A cabin base inside the parkCedar Pass Lodge is the Badlands' in-park cabin lodge and service stop on SD-240 near Interior.
Cedar Pass Lodge is the Badlands' in-park cabin lodge and service stop on SD-240 near Interior. The complex brings lodging, a restaurant, a gift shop and convenience store together at one stop. Choose it when staying inside the park matters most.
The park's first establishmentBen Millard opened Cedar Pass in 1926 as a barn-like dance hall.
Ben Millard opened Cedar Pass in 1926 as a barn-like dance hall. Lawrence Welk and other performers played there to busy weekend crowds, and the early business also offered cabins. It began as a gathering place as well as somewhere to stay.
Stay for the settingCedar Pass is the only lodging inside Badlands National Park, with cabin rentals.
Cedar Pass is the only lodging inside Badlands National Park, with cabin rentals. Visitors often mention looking out from cabin porches and restaurant windows toward the formations. That in-park setting is the strong reason to book; confirm current operating dates before planning around an overnight stay.
Meals and essentialsThe on-site restaurant serves full sit-down meals and snacks, with a Great Plains regional…
The on-site restaurant serves full sit-down meals and snacks, with a Great Plains regional focus. It is also the park's only place to buy food, so it is useful to build into a drive; meal value and service can be uneven. The lodge area has flush restrooms, auto and bus/RV parking, a picnic table, a gift shop and a convenience store. Accessible rooms are listed; check with the lodge about the details you need.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Badlands
760 sightingsBisonMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
1,061 sightingsBighorn SheepMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
906 sightingsPrairie DogMost seen around 5 PMSighting map
333 sightingsPronghornMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
304 sightingsMule DeerMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
87 sightingsCoyoteMost seen around 7 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Badlands. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
