Hva som skjer i Badlands National Park, United States gjennom året

Travelt — Winter / Christmas break i United States, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: Winter on the prairie (15. nov – 15. mar)

Skuldersesong — en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Fortsatt på gang: Winter on the prairie (15. nov – 15. mar)

Travelt — Spring break i United States

Ingenting nytt starter i mars.

Fortsatt på gang: Winter on the prairie (15. nov – 15. mar)

Skuldersesong — en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i april.

Travelt — Memorial Day weekend

• Natur

  Prairie wildflowers and calves

  1. mai – 30. jun · vanligvisVillblomster og blomstring

  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.

• Helligdag

  Memorial Day weekend

  23.–25. maiNasjonaldagMye folkBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Summer break i United States, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Fare

  Summer heat and storms

  15. jun – 31. augEkstrem varme

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Prairie wildflowers and calves (1. mai – 30. jun (vanligvis))

Travelt — Summer break i United States, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Badlands Astronomy Festival

  17.–19. julStor 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. Kilde ↗

• Natur

  Bison rut

  15. jul – 31. aug · vanligvisBrunsttidRisiko

  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.

Fortsatt på gang: Summer heat and storms (15. jun – 31. aug)

Toppsesong — Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, Oglala Nation Powwow

• Festival

  Sturgis Motorcycle Rally

  7.–16. augMotorsporthelgMye folkBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Oglala Nation Powwow

  1.–4. aug · vanligvisStor festivalMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Labor Day weekend

  5.–7. sepNasjonaldagMye folkBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Summer heat and storms (15. jun – 31. aug), Bison rut (15. jul – 31. aug (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Labor Day weekend, Summer break i United States

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Labor Day weekend (5.–7. sep)

Travelt — Black Hills Powwow

• Festival

  Black Hills Powwow

  8.–12. okt · vanligvisStor festivalMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — reisende beskriver det som høysesong, Thanksgiving break i United States

• Sesong

  Winter on the prairie

  15. nov – 15. marStengt utenfor sesongStengninger

  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. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Winter / Christmas break i United States, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i desember.

Fortsatt på gang: Winter on the prairie (15. nov – 15. mar)