Badlands National Park
Nearly 100,000 hectares of sharply eroded buttes, pinnacles and gullies in southwestern South Dakota, banded in shades of grey, tan and red. Around them lies the largest undisturbed mixed grass prairie in the United States, and the South Unit is managed together with the Oglala Lakota.
- Where
- Wall, South Dakota, United States
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 43.7500, -102.5000
Get the Badlands National Park stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Badlands National Park. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your South Dakota volume with your photos and a note.
Near Badlands National Park
Mount Rushmore 78 km
Four 18 metre tall heads of US presidents carved into granite in the Black Hills: Washington, Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Lincoln. The sculptor Gutzon Borglum led the work from 1927 to 1941, helped by his son Lincoln.
Crazy Horse Memorial 91 km
A mountain carving still in progress in the Black Hills, which will show the Oglala Lakota leader on horseback, pointing to his tribal land. It was commissioned by the Lakota elder Henry Standing Bear and begun by the sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski, and the finished face already looks out over the hills.
Devils Tower 200 km
A great butte of igneous rock rising 264 metres from its base above the Belle Fourche River in northeastern Wyoming. Its sides are scored with tall columns, and in 1906 it became the first national monument in the United States.
Rocky Mountain National Park 460 km
A slice of the Front Range of the Rockies between Estes Park and Grand Lake, about 90 km northwest of Denver. The Continental Divide runs through the middle, the Colorado River rises in its northwest corner, and the land climbs from forest past alpine lakes to open mountain tundra.
Garden of the Gods 577 km
A public park on the edge of Colorado Springs, about 540 hectares of red sandstone fins and towers standing up against the backdrop of Pikes Peak. Much of it was named a National Natural Landmark in 1971, and paths wind between the rocks.
Yellowstone National Park 645 km
The first national park in the world, mostly in the northwest corner of Wyoming with edges reaching into Montana and Idaho. It is known for its geysers and hot springs, Old Faithful above all, and for herds of bison and elk across a landscape that is mostly subalpine forest.
Grand Teton National Park 658 km
The sharp peaks of the Teton Range rise straight out of the valley of Jackson Hole here, with no foothills in between. The park lies about 16 km south of Yellowstone, and together with the forests around them they form one of the largest intact temperate ecosystems on Earth.
Old Faithful 669 km
A cone geyser in Yellowstone, named in 1870 and the first in the park to be given a name. It erupts on average about every 92 minutes, regular enough that crowds gather on the benches around it to wait, with the great log inn of the same name close by.
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Questions
Where is Badlands National Park?
Badlands National Park is in Wall, South Dakota, United States. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Mount Rushmore (78 km), Crazy Horse Memorial (91 km), Devils Tower (200 km).
How do I get the Badlands National Park stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Badlands National Park and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your South Dakota volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Badlands National Park before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your South Dakota volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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