All Badlands trails
11 trails
1Notch TrailA ladder climb earns a big look across the White River Valley.
2Door TrailBoardwalk through the Door, then a rough walk among eroded formations.
3Castle TrailTrade quick overlooks for a full east-west walk through rock and prairie.
4Saddle Pass TrailShort, steep climb to a broad White River Valley view.
5Cliff Shelf Nature TrailA quick loop pairs juniper shade with views across layered formations.
6Window TrailA short, accessible boardwalk to a window into an eroded canyon.
7Fossil Exhibit TrailA quick, accessible loop with tactile fossil replicas and layered views.
8Medicine Root Loop TrailA rolling prairie loop with distant views of Badlands formations.
9Deer Haven TrailSix miles round trip on unmarked paths to a green juniper basin.
10Yellow Mounds Overlook TrailWalk a short path through yellow, purple, gray and red striped hills.
11Sheep Mountain Table TrailWalk the last 2.5 miles to the table’s far end.
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Badlands Tour Guide
Badlands, 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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Pinnacles Overlook0:00 / 0:32
“You're approaching Pinnacles Overlook, with a broad view across the jagged ridges and open prairie of Sage Creek Wilderness. If you're choosing only a few overlooks, keep this one.”
Plays as you drive up to Pinnacles Overlook in the Parkwolf Badlands Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
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- 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
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
“We recently toured Badlands, Custer State Park, Mount Rushmore and more! We learned so much from this app as we toured each of these sites. The audio tours are worth the money.”
