Backpacker Magazine: Badlands National Park: Backpacking and Camping Trips, Hikes, Adventures, Topo Maps, Aerial Photos.

Badlands National Park: Sage Creek Wilderness Area

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This 22-mile backcountry route weaves through pinnacled formations, serpentine washes, and expansive grasslands in Badlands National Park's Sage Creek Wilderness Area.

Badlands National Park: Castle-Medicine Root Loop

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Watch thriving bison herds while surveying million-year-old glacial architecture on this 4.2-mile lasso loop through the largest untouched mixed-grass prairie in North America.

Badlands National Park: Pinnacles Overlook

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Although short, this popular 0.2-mile trail to Pinnacles Overlook offers big views of Badlands National Park's iconic rock formations.

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