Why are the Badlands so popular?
Why are the Badlands so popular? A breathtaking terrain but also amazing wildlife sightings The Badlands terrain is one of the oddest in South Dakota. It's a sudden change in the landscape from rolling green hills to these large, layered buttes. The “alien land” that is so often used to describe it is honestly the best way to portray it.
What town is closest to the Badlands?
Badlands National Park
- Interior, SD. 2.8 mi / 7 mins.
- Wall, SD. 29.0 mi / 33 mins.
- Rapid City, SD. 76.2 mi / 1 hour 21 mins.
- Keystone, SD. 94.7 mi / 1 hour 39 mins.
- Hill City, SD. 101 mi / 1 hour 46 mins.
- Nemo, SD. 105 mi / 1 hour 51 mins.
- Sturgis, SD. 108 mi / 1 hour 40 mins.
- Custer, SD. 115 mi / 2 hours 3 mins.