Planning a trip to the Badlands of South Dakota. Looking for advice.

[Scuba]

We'll have one full day to hike and explore in mid-January. Any suggestions on parts of the Park to visit, specific areas to hike?

Any advice on where to stay? Eat?


Thanks in advance!

[mrmpa]

1. Been there & loved it............

Was there in the summer, very hot. So we drove through & walked a bit into it. The best bet for what to do is to ask the Ranger when you enter. They will know what is passable, what is closed etc.

Pic of my then 16 year old nephew at the Badlands. As for eating, we went to Wall Drug Store & had a great time there.


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[Hassin Bin Sober]

2. Do not taunt happy fun buffalo.

But do walk on the buffalo tracks because those little prickly pear cactus plant's needles will go right through the bottom of a shoe. Wear thick soled boots.

[Demoiselle]

3. You will have a lovely time….the people are very sweet and good natured...

They tend to be conservative, but there's still plenty of Prairie Populism around, I think. Try to ignore the fact that everybody there sounds like Sarah Palin. (I was born in North Dakota, all my people are from that neighborhood, and we all talk like she does. Well, not me, maybe so much, because I've spent almost all of my life in the Philadelphia area…But I still find it a bit unnerving.) And, of course, there are plenty of people there who uphold the traditions of the old Farm Labor Party . My father's family were die-hard FDR Dems and my grandmother ran the P.O. in LaMoure for years and years. (It was a Democratic patronage job, I think!)

Anyway, just ask the people you meet about anything you need to know. I think you'll be warmly treated.

[rurallib]

4. the badlands in the middle of January?

wouldn't be my first choice - South Dakota in winter?

[Scuba]

5. Well, living in Wisconsin as we do, we're thinking of it as a trip south.

[fizzgig]

7. i had the same reaction as the poster above

but i completely understand your answer.

have a great adventure!

[Joe Shlabotnik]

6. In a treehouse, by the river.

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