All Wind Cave places
14 places
1Wind CaveGet underground to see boxwork that’s rare elsewhere and abundant here.
Wind Cave Visitor CenterStart here for the cave tour and its prairie-side story.
2Wind Cave Natural EntranceA ten-inch opening with air you can feel moving.
3Rankin Ridge Fire TowerA steel fire tower marks a summit you can’t climb.
4Beaver Creek BridgeA 1929 arch bridge designed to rise from Beaver Creek Canyon’s walls.
5Pigtail BridgeOne road climbs over its own path, then curls back underneath.
6Highland Ridge OverlookSee the red valley and hogback that ring the Black Hills.
Elk Mountain CampgroundA pine-and-prairie base near cave tours, with seasonal elk bugles.
7Ancient FoundationsFind pink feldspar, gray quartz and black tourmaline in ancient pegmatite.
Alvin McDonald GraveA memorial to the young explorer who mapped miles of Wind Cave.
Wind Cave Picnic AreaA picnic stop with a 150-yard walk to the natural entrance.
8Minnelusa FormationA short walk to striped rock layers if geology’s your thing.
9Deadwood SandstoneA quick stop to read Wind Cave's Cambrian rock layers
10Minnekahta LimestoneA quick roadside geology stop for layered Permian limestone.
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Wind Cave Tour Guide
Wind Cave, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Wind Cave 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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“You're approaching Wind Cave and its visitor center. The reason to go underground is boxwork: thin blades of calcite that stick out from the walls and ceilings in a honeycomb pattern.”
Plays as you drive up to Wind Cave in the Parkwolf Wind Cave Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- Wind Cave Canyon
- The Rock Between the Fins
- Elk Mountain Campground
- The Crew Behind the Cave Route
- 28 audio storiesacross Wind Cave’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Bison, Elk, Pronghorn, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 11 trails, 14 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
“Fantastic app with many points of information… It’s great to just turn on while you’re driving and it gives you an audio tour of the national Park. We love it!!!!”
