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| Wild horses at Theodore Roosevelt National Park |
Among the best ways to see Theodore Roosevelt National Park’s top sights is via a day hike. Just three short trails will allow you to enjoy each of the park’s highlights – Theodore Roosevelt’s historic cabin, classic Western wildlife, and a badlands.
Door Trail
Badlands National Park
Hiking the Door Trail in Badlands National Park is like a two-for-one deal. The trail begins amid the prairie’s level and open grasslands. It ends in a bizarre menagerie of spires and domes encased by striped, twisting canyon walls.
Must-do trails for seeing Badlands’ wonders
Among the best ways to see Badlands National Park’s major sights is via a day hike. Just three short trails will allow you to enjoy each of the park’s highlights – fascinating geological formations, fossils and prairie.
Best trails for seeing Black Hills’ wonders
Among the best ways to see the major sights of South Dakota’s popular Black Hills is via a day hike. Just seven short trails allow you to enjoy the region’s highlights – the Badlands, Mount Rushmore, caves, the Crazy Horse carving, the Wild West, prairie wildlife, and fossils.
Elk Mountain Nature Trail
Wind Cave National Park
Day hikers can spot elk on the prairies and foothills of this short trail in Wind Cave National Park. While most visitors check out this South Dakota national park for it complex cave system, there are plenty of great hiking trails above ground. Indeed, visiting the caves requires that you join a tour group, anathema to the hiking soul, which enjoys roaming and lingering as one pleases.
Best trails for seeing Wind Cave’s wonders
While Wind Cave National Park is best known for its cave system, there are plenty of other above ground sites to see as well. In fact, among the best ways to enjoy national park’s top sights is via a day hike. Just four short trails will allow you to take in each of the South Dakota park’s highlights – boxwork in the caves, a prairie dog farm, panoramic views of the Black Hills, and a variety of nesting birds.
Learn more about national park day hiking trails in my Best Sights to See at America’s National Parks series.
