Qué hay en Parque nacional Badlands, Estados Unidos, a lo largo del año

Concurrido — Winter / Christmas break en Estados Unidos, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

En enero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Winter on the prairie (15 Nov – 15 Mar)

Temporada media — un mes normal

En febrero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Winter on the prairie (15 Nov – 15 Mar)

Concurrido — Spring break en Estados Unidos

En marzo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Winter on the prairie (15 Nov – 15 Mar)

Temporada media — un mes normal

En abril no empieza nada nuevo.

Concurrido — Memorial Day weekend

• Naturaleza

  Prairie wildflowers and calves

  1 May – 30 Jun · normalmenteFlores silvestres

  The mixed-grass prairie is green for about six weeks and the bison calves are out on Sage Creek. It is also the wettest stretch of the year, and the unpaved Sage Creek Rim Road turns to grease in a storm.

• Festivo

  Memorial Day weekend

  23–25 MayFiesta nacionalMucha genteReserva pronto

  Memorial Day, the last Monday of May, opens the summer travel season: over the long weekend campsites and lodging book out, roads are slow, and parking at the most popular spots fills early in the day. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Summer break en Estados Unidos, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Riesgo

  Summer heat and storms

  15 Jun – 31 AgoCalor extremo

  Afternoons on the exposed formations get brutal and the only shade is the visitor centre. Late-day thunderstorms roll in off the plains with hail and lightning, so the walking is done before eleven. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Prairie wildflowers and calves (1 May – 30 Jun (normalmente))

Concurrido — Summer break en Estados Unidos, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Badlands Astronomy Festival

  17–19 JulGran festival

  Three days of star parties and solar telescopes in the middle of July, run with NASA and local astronomers. The park has almost no light pollution in any direction, which is the whole reason it exists. Fuente ↗

• Naturaleza

  Bison rut

  15 Jul – 31 Ago · normalmenteÉpoca de berreaRiesgo

  The herd bunches up on the Sage Creek grasslands and the bulls bellow through the afternoon. Bulls are unpredictable in the rut, so this is the time of year to watch them from the car rather than the roadside.

Sigue en marcha: Summer heat and storms (15 Jun – 31 Ago)

Máxima afluencia — Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, Oglala Nation Powwow

• Festival

  Sturgis Motorcycle Rally

  7–16 AgoFin de semana de motorMucha genteReserva pronto

  Ten days in early August when several hundred thousand riders fill western South Dakota, and the Badlands Loop Road is one of the standard day rides. Rooms within two hours are booked out and priced for the week. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Oglala Nation Powwow

  1–4 Ago · normalmenteGran festivalMucha gente

  A major powwow and rodeo on the Pine Ridge Reservation, about an hour's drive south of the park, held the first weekend of August with five grand entries, a parade and a carnival. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  Labor Day weekend

  5–7 SepFiesta nacionalMucha genteReserva pronto

  Labor Day, the first Monday of September, is the last big getaway of summer: the long weekend books out campsites and lodging and fills parking early, and families thin out quickly once it has passed. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Summer heat and storms (15 Jun – 31 Ago), Bison rut (15 Jul – 31 Ago (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Labor Day weekend, Summer break en Estados Unidos

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Labor Day weekend (5–7 Sep)

Concurrido — Black Hills Powwow

• Festival

  Black Hills Powwow

  8–12 Oct · normalmenteGran festivalMucha gente

  One of the country's larger powwows, held in Rapid City about an hour from the park: dance competitions, a fine arts show and games, running since the late 1980s. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — los viajeros lo describen como muy concurrido, Thanksgiving break en Estados Unidos

• Temporada

  Winter on the prairie

  15 Nov – 15 MarCierre de temporada bajaCierres

  The Loop Road stays open and almost empty, but services shut down, the unpaved Sage Creek Rim Road is not maintained, and a plains blizzard can close everything for a day or two with no warning worth the name. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Winter / Christmas break en Estados Unidos, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

En diciembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Winter on the prairie (15 Nov – 15 Mar)