South Dakota’s Badlands National Park turns 40
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Badlands National Park is ‘over the hill’. The Badlands celebrates a milestone
Badlands National Park in South Dakota was officially designated a national park on this day in 1940, ensuring 244,000 acres of picturesque landscape are protected, for all to enjoy. It first gained the nickname ‘badlands’ from the Lakota people, a nod to the extreme temperatures, lack of water, and rocky terrain. But it’s not all rugged land here. The national park includes prairie as well—home to bison, deer, and the endangered black-footed ferret, nicknamed ‘prairie bandit.’
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