Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Badlands National Park, Verenigde Staten

Druk — Winter / Christmas break in Verenigde Staten, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Winter on the prairie (15 nov – 15 mrt)

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Winter on the prairie (15 nov – 15 mrt)

Druk — Spring break in Verenigde Staten

In maart begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Winter on the prairie (15 nov – 15 mrt)

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Druk — Memorial Day weekend

• Natuur

  Prairie wildflowers and calves

  1 mei – 30 jun · meestalWilde bloemen & bloei

  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.

• Feestdag

  Memorial Day weekend

  23–25 meiNationale feestdagDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Druk — Summer break in Verenigde Staten, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Risico

  Summer heat and storms

  15 jun – 31 augExtreme hitte

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Prairie wildflowers and calves (1 mei – 30 jun (meestal))

Druk — Summer break in Verenigde Staten, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Badlands Astronomy Festival

  17–19 julGroot 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. Bron ↗

• Natuur

  Bison rut

  15 jul – 31 aug · meestalBronsttijdRisico

  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.

Nog steeds bezig: Summer heat and storms (15 jun – 31 aug)

Topdrukte — Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, Oglala Nation Powwow

• Festival

  Sturgis Motorcycle Rally

  7–16 augRaceweekendDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Oglala Nation Powwow

  1–4 aug · meestalGroot festivalDruk

  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. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Labor Day weekend

  5–7 sepNationale feestdagDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Summer heat and storms (15 jun – 31 aug), Bison rut (15 jul – 31 aug (meestal))

Topdrukte — Labor Day weekend, Summer break in Verenigde Staten

In september begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Labor Day weekend (5–7 sep)

Druk — Black Hills Powwow

• Festival

  Black Hills Powwow

  8–12 okt · meestalGroot festivalDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — reizigers noemen het hoogseizoen, Thanksgiving break in Verenigde Staten

• Seizoen

  Winter on the prairie

  15 nov – 15 mrtSeizoensluitingSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Druk — Winter / Christmas break in Verenigde Staten, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

In december begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Winter on the prairie (15 nov – 15 mrt)