Scenic pullout · Theodore Roosevelt National Park
A quick stop to look for black-tailed prairie dogs.
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The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Theodore Roosevelt Tour Guide
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Theodore Roosevelt 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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Peaceful Valley Ranch: Ranch House to Park Headquarters“You're nearing Peaceful Valley Ranch, a short stop for a white ranch house, log bunkhouse, and stable beside the Little Missouri valley.”
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Prairie Dog Colony Pulloff is a named roadside stop on the South Unit’s Scenic Loop Drive for looking for the park’s black-tailed prairie dogs. It is worth a pause if you enjoy watching wildlife, but a sighting is never guaranteed: what you see depends on the season, patience and luck.
Stay at least 25 yards from wildlife, keep pets in your vehicle and do not feed the prairie dogs. Binoculars can help you watch without closing the gap.
A prairie-dog town is a cluster of closely spaced burrows joined by tunnels. Black-tailed prairie dogs scan from their mound tops and warn one another with bark-like calls and tail flicks; watching for those signals gives you something to look for even while the animals stay low.
Wildlife
1,082 sightingsBisonMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
346 sightingsWild HorseMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
27 sightingsWapitiMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
45 sightingsBighorn SheepMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
87 sightingsPronghornMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
162 sightingsMule DeerMost seen around 8 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Theodore Roosevelt. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
Keep exploring
ModerateBig Plateau and Ekblom Trail Loop5.4 mi · 2.5 hr · 0.4 mi awayA high plateau loop with two river crossings and badlands views.
ChallengingBig Plateau Trail1.8 mi · 1.5 hr · 0.4 mi awayA short, strenuous climb opens onto a wide grassland plateau.
ChallengingLone Tree Loop9.1 mi · 5.5 hr · 0.4 mi awayA steep loop to a spring basin and broad badlands views.
ModerateJones Creek Trail4.5 mi · 2.5 hr · 0.5 mi awayA creek-valley traverse through the South Unit badlands
EasyCCC Trail0.9 mi · 30 min · 0.5 mi awayA flat grassland path to the Jones Creek junction.
ModerateLower Paddock Creek Trail3.6 mi · 2 hr · 0.7 mi awayWalk through a prairie-dog town and follow Paddock Creek upstream.
EasySkyline Vista Trail0.3 mi · 10 min · 1.7 mi awayA short paved walk to a seated badlands overlook.
ModerateMaah Daah Hey Trail — South Unit8.4 mi · 4.5 hr · 2.5 mi awayA one-way crossing through the South Unit's Big Plateau Wilderness.
Sight · 0.4 mi awayPeaceful Valley RanchA ranch turned dude ranch, then the South Unit's first headquarters.
Campground · 1.1 mi awayCottonwood CampgroundA riverside base where bison may pass through camp.
Scenic pullout · 1.6 mi awayJohnson's Plateau Roadside PulloffAn easy scenic-drive stop for watching prairie dogs at work.
Sight · 1.8 mi awaySkyline VistaA quick paved walk to a broad Little Missouri badlands view.
Sight · 1.9 mi awayBeef Corral BottomA prairie-dog town and river valley in one quick South Unit stop.
Sight · 1.9 mi awayScoria Point OverlookAn easy first look at the South Unit's red badlands.
Scenic pullout · 2.5 mi awayMedora OverlookA quick look from Medora to the Little Missouri River
Sight · 2.7 mi awayWind CanyonAn open river-and-badlands view comes after a very short climb.Parkwolf’s Theodore Roosevelt ranking
The audio tour guide for the drive, plus offline maps, trails, and wildlife heatmaps for when the signal drops.
