Agenda di Taman Nasional Badlands, Amerika Serikat sepanjang tahun

Ramai — Winter / Christmas break di Amerika Serikat, libur sekolah di 2 pasar utama yang memenuhinya

Tidak ada yang baru dimulai di Januari.

Masih berlangsung: Winter on the prairie (15 Nov – 15 Mar)

Musim peralihan — bulan biasa

Tidak ada yang baru dimulai di Februari.

Masih berlangsung: Winter on the prairie (15 Nov – 15 Mar)

Ramai — Spring break di Amerika Serikat

Tidak ada yang baru dimulai di Maret.

Masih berlangsung: Winter on the prairie (15 Nov – 15 Mar)

Musim peralihan — bulan biasa

Tidak ada yang baru dimulai di April.

Ramai — Memorial Day weekend

• Alam

  Prairie wildflowers and calves

  1 Mei – 30 Jun · biasanyaBunga liar & mekar

  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.

• Libur

  Memorial Day weekend

  23–25 MeiHari libur nasionalRamaiPesan lebih awal

  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. Sumber ↗

Ramai — Summer break di Amerika Serikat, libur sekolah di 2 pasar utama yang memenuhinya

• Bahaya

  Summer heat and storms

  15 Jun – 31 AguPanas ekstrem

  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. Sumber ↗

Masih berlangsung: Prairie wildflowers and calves (1 Mei – 30 Jun (biasanya))

Ramai — Summer break di Amerika Serikat, libur sekolah di 2 pasar utama yang memenuhinya

• Festival

  Badlands Astronomy Festival

  17–19 JulFestival besar

  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. Sumber ↗

• Alam

  Bison rut

  15 Jul – 31 Agu · biasanyaMusim kawin rusaRisiko

  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.

Masih berlangsung: Summer heat and storms (15 Jun – 31 Agu)

Puncak keramaian — Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, Oglala Nation Powwow

• Festival

  Sturgis Motorcycle Rally

  7–16 AguAkhir pekan balapRamaiPesan lebih awal

  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. Sumber ↗

• Festival

  Oglala Nation Powwow

  1–4 Agu · biasanyaFestival besarRamai

  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. Sumber ↗

• Libur

  Labor Day weekend

  5–7 SepHari libur nasionalRamaiPesan lebih awal

  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. Sumber ↗

Masih berlangsung: Summer heat and storms (15 Jun – 31 Agu), Bison rut (15 Jul – 31 Agu (biasanya))

Puncak keramaian — Labor Day weekend, Summer break di Amerika Serikat

Tidak ada yang baru dimulai di September.

Masih berlangsung: Labor Day weekend (5–7 Sep)

Ramai — Black Hills Powwow

• Festival

  Black Hills Powwow

  8–12 Okt · biasanyaFestival besarRamai

  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. Sumber ↗

Puncak keramaian — pelancong menyebutnya musim ramai, Thanksgiving break di Amerika Serikat

• Musim

  Winter on the prairie

  15 Nov – 15 MarTutup di luar musimPenutupan

  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. Sumber ↗

Ramai — Winter / Christmas break di Amerika Serikat, libur sekolah di 2 pasar utama yang memenuhinya

Tidak ada yang baru dimulai di Desember.

Masih berlangsung: Winter on the prairie (15 Nov – 15 Mar)